I have here a photo of a Guzmania, a family of the Bromeliad plants..isn't it lovely? I grew thousands of Bromeliads before but since I left home, I already sold it... some were left to my sisters. I hope to take photos of it once I go home this year.
Guzmania is a genus of epiphytes, the guzmanias. Several species of this genus are cultivated as indoor and outdoor garden plants. The best known is Guzmania lingulata (scarlet star) which bears orange and red bracts.Guzmanias die after a plant has produced its flowers in summer, but new plants can easily be propagated from the offsets which appear as the parent plant dies. They are epiphytes and can do well if tied on to pieces of bark with roots bound into sphagnum moss.
Guzmanias require warm temperatures and relatively high humidity. The sac fungus Bipolaris sorokiniana (anamorph of Cochliobolus sativus) and others can cause fatal root rot in plants of this genus if the roots get too wet and cold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guzmania
I guess I don't know the name of these lovely flowers...any ideas out there are very much appreciated...just don't have time to browse in my paper cut-outs..
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21 comments:
Hello - and welcome to Today's Flowers! A lovely first entry indeed!
Lovely color on that flower!
Have a nice Sunday!
Valkyrien
What a lovely color on that flower.
Thanks for sharing
Gunilla in Sweden
Is it a kind of Bromelia? It looks like! Very nice, indeed!
Nice week for you!
Beautiful Foliaceous. Nice colors.
Luiz Ramos
I love the color! It's beautiful.
I don't know the name of the purple blooms but I like their daisy-like shapes. Beautiful shade of purple.
My flower post is here: Carletta’s Captures.
The guzmania is beautiful, I love the color. It is so striking.
The little flowers in the last photo are very pretty, so fresh looking.
Have a wonderful day,
SQ
Love the color of the first one. Kinda reminds me of silk. Love the little purple flowers also. =)
I love the Guzmania's elegance. Sorry, I can't give you a name for the other flower - such wonderful colors. Welcome to Today's Flowers.
Welcome to TF meme! We are a global community of bloggers that understand and appreciate the language of flowers!Your featured flowers are beautiful! Nice to meet you!
from Canada..NG
Hi Everyone...thanks for leaving your footprints here..appreciate it so much..you got lovely flowers too..let's spread flowers all over the world!!.i wish you all a blessed week ahead..
Welcome to the flower people! The second photo is of Cinnerarias, by the look of them, probably grown in a pot.
Thanks for following, I am following you also.
SQ
I used to have a Guzmania. Thanks for reminding me how beautiful they are.
I am loving that rose you shared a few post down and the ORANGE TROPICAL is wonderful!
I am so happy I clicked over to your delightful blog. I cant' wait to follow you through the season to see what you share next.
Happy Gardening!
Both of your flower photos are great. Guzmania flower is so beautiful and elegant. Blue flowers on your second photo look really lovely. I tried to find out its name through the internet but I didn't managed.
Wonderful flowers, thank you so much for sharing them.
Beautiful flowers. My son has one of those and it is so pretty.
Very interesting flowers here! I enjoyed looking!
Wanted to say thanks to you also for visiting my blog recently! I hope you will come again.
Junie
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Wonderful first entry! Have a great week :)
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