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information: The Guzmania family of Bromeliads are
available in nearly every shade of the color spectrum ranging from
small compact plants, to 3 foot specimens. Guzmanias are really
easy to maintain. Since most plants are discarded after they have
finished blooming they can be placed any where in the home or
office. Their flowers can last any where between 6 to 12 weeks or
more.
Water your plant by pouring water down the stem of the plant
creating a little water fall that ends at the soil, being
careful not to pour water into upper leaves of the plant where the
bloom is growing from. To re-flower, make sure your plant is not
dry, place the plant in a large clear plastic bag out of direct
sunshine. Slice up an apple (the apple will produce ethylene gas)
and place it on the soil. Seal the bag and leave your plant in the
bag for 2 weeks, watering if necessary. Eventually your indoor
flowering house plant will
flower again. Propagate by removing suckers from the mother plant.
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