Bromelias from Tesco make an ideal little gift (Tesco Bromeliad Pot)

Member Name: mumsymary

Product:	Tesco Bromeliad Pot
Date:	02/07/09 (138 review reads)
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We were invited to a friends house this weekend and I wanted to take a gift a bunch of flowers or box of chocolates. I went into Tesco and I was delighted to see some small Bromeliads in little pots.
The type of Bromeliads in these pots are Bromeliad Guzmania. There are many other species of Bromeliads

*About this Bromeliad-What it looks like.*

_Leaves_
A Bromeliad is a plant member of the pineapple family. The leaves of a bromeliad are long, quite thin, and spiky looking. They are a shiny green. They grow in a rosette , a spiral.

_Flowers_
The small flower develops in the centre of this rosette of leaves. The flowers are usually in the red spectrum reds pinks purples. The flower petals look waxy they are pointed petals. These petals almost form a cup shape .Some bromeliad flowers have a long stalk but the one I bought from Tesco does not, the flower nestles in the centre of the leaf rosette.
This plant should flower for several weeks

_ Care_

This Bromeliad is a good house plant the flower lasting a long time . its suited to a house temperature and environment .
All plants need water, like most plants these Bromeliads prefer rain water. Water lightly into the leaf cup, change this water after a while as you do not want the plant to rot. But keep this plant moist.

Bromeliads are a type of air plant their roots mostly used for anchoring the plant , nutrition got from the air .

_Propagation_
After the plant has finished flowering if you keep it ,it will not flower again , but you might be rewarded with pups , no not baby dogs but the Bromeliad might produce little plantlets near the base of the original plant these will develop roots and with care you can separate and plant them. I have no idea why they are called pups


*Tesco Bromeliad pot_
The bromeliads at Tesco are the ones I requested this category for. It is a small one in a plastic plant pot, this is then displayed in simple coloured pottery pots of different colours reds purples pinks yellow white I bought my friends a scarlet coloured flower in a lilac coloured pot. They cost only £3.00 ideal price for just a little gift. The Tesco plants all looked very attractive. Tesco put on the label flower gauranteed for 28 days. This plant in a pot looks ideal on the mantelpiece or table centre.

I think they make ideal gifts to buy for a friend , teacher or yourself .

Summary: A small Bromelia ion a couloured poterry pot