Description
The flaming sword bromeliad is a flowering plant which belongs to the vriesea genus and bromeliaceae family. Like other bromeliads this species has a rosette of leaves and a cup or vase in the center which has to be filled with water regularly.
Many bromeliads can grow out of hand (that’s fine outdoors and can be a pain indoors), but fortunately the splendens keeps its maximum growth size quite manageable ( height 2 ft – diameter 1½ ft) which is why its a popular house plant.
Caring for these is not difficulty, just different from other plants because they only require the center vase to be watered and not the soil. In fact, in their natural habitat they do not need soil and will grow on trees. The roots are very small on this plant compared to most house plants and do not take water and nutrients from the root system.
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