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Bromelia balansae
Heart of Flame is a large, spiny terrestrial bromeliad from South America that resembles a pineapple plant. It grows best in full sun outdoors, where its center flushes bright red before flowering.
Bromelia balansae is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is native to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia, and Paraguay where it grows at elevations of 150 to 3,000 feet.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromelia balansae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
