Be sure to includeGuzmania 'Scarlet Star'amongyour tropical exotic flowers. In their native habitat, theseepiphytesgrow on trees. In your home, they'll grow best in a potting mediamade up of shredded fir bark. Orchid mix works great. This loose mixture allows air circulation around the brom...
Guzmania lingulataethephonureafloweringTo introduce flowering and improve the plant quality of bromeliad (Guzmania lingulata), a drop of the mixture solution of ethephon and urea on the top of plants at different concentrations (10 mL plant-1) was applied to 8-month-old plants grown in 6-inch ...
On the other hand, exogenous ethylene (gaseous ethylene or ethylene-releasing substances such as ethrel) has been widely used to induce the flowering of bromeliads (Guzmania, Aechmea, Neoregelia, Tillandsia, Vriesea), in which it synchronizes and accelerates flowering [40,41]. Conversely, some ...