How to tend a Nidularium innocentii

Also known as: Aregelia makoyana (Regel) Mez, Gemellaria innocentii C.Pinel ex Lem., Karatas innocentii (Lem.) Antoine, Karatas makoyana (Regel) Baker, Karatas striata hort. ex Guillaumin & Poupion, Neoregelia makoyana (Regel) L.B.Sm., Nidularium exostigmum Tardivo, Nidularium innocentii var. bauense Reitz, Nidularium innocentii var. lineatum (Mez) L.B.Sm., Nidularium innocentii var. paxianum (Mez) L.B.Sm., Nidularium innocentii var. striatum (W.Bull) Wittm., Nidularium lineatum Mez, Nidularium makoyanum Regel, Nidularium paxianum Mez, Nidularium paxianum var. procerum Ule, Nidularium striatum W.Bull, Regelia innocentii (Lem.) Lem., Regelia makoyana (Regel) Lindm., Vriesea purpurascens W.Bull, Nidularium striatum Bull, Nidularium striatum hort. ex Mez, Nidularium paxianum var. lineatum Berlin Hortus ex Mez, Nidularium innocentii var. innocentii , Karatas striata (W.Bull) Mottet

Watering

Like moist environments, water thoroughly when soil is dry, water every day in summer, reduce water in winter

Sunlight

Like half shade, bright scattered light

Soil

Peat or soil with specific nutrients

Fertilizer

Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply liquid fertilizers once every 10-15 days in summer and autumn

Pruning

Remove old, diseased, dead leaves and withered flowers timely

About this plant

Origin
Mexico
Category
Bromeliaceae, Billbergia
Size
Diameter ≥ 10 cm, height ≥ 15 cm
Blooming period
Flowering period mainly in winter and spring, viewing period 1-2 months
Flower colors
Leaf color light green with white stripes, bract red
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