I got this flower as a house warming present and don't what it is or how to take care of it please help its way cute!
Carlyrose...i think you have 2 different bromeliads there IMHO I think the one on the right might be a Guzmania lingulata hybrid...still unsure about the left one though?? Although the leaf looks like Vriesea of some sort in both?? Ed
i donot grow all that many bromeliads more pinapples than ornamental but i am lucky i can grow them outside all year here in florida. the only two species i know what they are. they are two different tallandsia the other two species that i have, i have no clue what they are one is a wild florida one. there are some neat species of broms.
Carlyrose, Ed has hit it on the nose! May seem technical, but the pretty portion is not truly a "flower". It is an inflorescence. Just keep clean fresh water in the cone of each plant and the plant will do fine. You can dampen the soil they are in but the plant does not truly have "roots". The "roots" are known as "hold fasts". Their only job is to hold the plant in place. They don't gather moisture or nutrients. Normally, these plants would be living up on a tree branch, not in soil. You can give the plant a dilute fertilizer once in a while, but add it to the cone, not the soil. They like bright light, just not direct sun in most cases. The inflorescence will last for months but after it dies so eventually will the parent plant. BUT, don't panic. The parent will grow new baby plants at the base which are commonly called "pups". In a year or so those new plants will eventually produce another inflorescence and the cycle will continue. They make great, easy to care for house plants. Just don't try to keep them in a dark place.
