An overview of the most beautiful

Guzmania - classic with leaf rosette and winter bloom

The Guzmania genus impresses with more than 200 species and countless varieties. What they all have in common is their growth with a magnificent rosette of leaves from which a colorful, majestic inflorescence rises in late winter. Here are some of the most popular types:

• Guzmania lingulata: 50 cm long, smooth green leaves form a rosette under carmine-red bracts
• Guzmania monostachya: a mighty, bright red spike flower rises from a light green rosette
• Guzmania musaica: the orange-yellow flowers are accentuated by light green leaves with cream-colored horizontal stripes

Tillandsias - epiphytes with exotic charm

This genus indicates the greatest number Bromeliad species some of which are excellent for growing as houseplant. Primarily we recommend the aerial carnation (Tillandsia cyanea), which turns blue in spring and summer

blossoms and pink bracts in the limelight.

Billbergia enchants with its filigree play of colors

The genus and its species are known to home gardeners as indoor oats. The cistern bromeliads impress with their delicate inflorescences that add color to the wintry windowsill from October to January. Not only are they easy to look after, but after the flowering period they multiply by themselves with numerous children.

Ornamental pineapples create an exotic atmosphere

With beautiful species, the ornamental pineapple comforts us about the fact that it does not present us with its delicious fruits in the living room at home. The pineapple comosus 'Variegatus' is representative of the multi-faceted variety. With ivory or pink edged, prickly leaf rosettes and a red ornamental fruit with a decorative tuft of leaves, the exotic plant attracts everyone's attention.

Vriesea - flowers like a flaming sword

The epiphytic bromeliad genus is causing a sensation in living and working spaces. It is not just the intensely colored inflorescences that ins eye fall. In addition, the most beautiful species of this genus impress with their decoratively drawn, lanceolate leaves. Magnificent specimens, such as Vriesea hieroglyphica, take on an expansive size with a diameter of up to 100 cm.

Species Primus Vriesea splendens boasts an inflorescence up to 100 cm high, at the end of which there is a 30 cm long, flat spike, formed from red bracts and yellow flowers. As with all bromeliads, it takes 3 to 4 years of patience for the flower show to take place.