Add a vibrant tropical accent to your interior with the Red Bromelia, also known as Guzmania or Scarlet Star. It features a rosette of glossy green leaves topped by striking red bracts that retain their colour for an extended period.
Supplied in a 12 cm nursery pot, this compact tropical plant is ideal for desks, shelves, side tables, reception areas, and other bright indoor spaces.
Plant Details:
- Common name: Red Bromelia / Guzmania / Scarlet Star
- Scientific name: Guzmania lingulata
- Family: Bromeliaceae
- Plant type: Evergreen tropical perennial
- Nursery pot size: 12 cm
- Display colour: Red bracts with small flowers
- Light: Bright, filtered indirect light
- Watering: Light to moderate
- Humidity: Moderate to high
- Soil: Airy, well-drained bromeliad or orchid mix
- Growth rate: Slow
- Suitable for: Indoor spaces, offices, desks, shelves, and reception areas
- Maintenance: Low to moderate
- Pet safety: Considered non-toxic to cats and dogs
Care Tips:
- Place in bright, filtered light and avoid strong direct sunlight.
- Keep a small amount of clean water in the central cup formed by the leaves.
- Replace the water in the central cup regularly to keep it fresh.
- Water the potting mix sparingly and allow excess water to drain completely.
- Avoid continuously wet soil, as this may cause root rot.
- Increase humidity through light morning misting or by placing the pot near other plants.
- Keep away from cold air-conditioning, direct heaters, and dry airflow.
- In Saudi Arabia, protect the plant from outdoor heat and intense sunlight.
- The red bracts may remain attractive for several weeks or months.
- After flowering, the parent rosette naturally declines and may produce new offsets around its base.
Note: The supplied plant may vary naturally in height, fullness, leaf arrangement, red colour intensity, and flowering stage. The decorative pot is not included.