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Blushing Bromeliad

Nidularium fulgens

Blushing Bromeliad
Photo: Timm Stolten, CC BY-SA 3.0

Nidularium fulgens is a bromeliad from the Brazilian Atlantic forest, grown for its rosette of glossy green leaves and the bright red bracts that form its centre when it flowers. Keep the cup-shaped rosette filled with water and give it bright, filtered light.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the central cup filled with soft water and keep the potting mix lightly moist; refresh the cup water every week or two.
Soil
Well-draining epiphyte mix of bark, peat or coir with perlite or orchid bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Nidularium fulgens is a plant species in the genus Nidularium. This species is endemic to Brazil.

Other Nidularium plants

Nidularium campos-portoi var. robustum · Nidularium cariacicaense · Nidularium catarinense · Nidularium corallinum · Nidularium espiritosantense · Nidularium ferdinando-coburgii · Nidularium ferrugineum · Nidularium fradense · Bird's Nest Bromeliad · Bird's Nest Bromeliad · Bird's Nest Bromeliad · Nidularium itatiaiae

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nidularium fulgens 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.

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