Celeste

Vriesea intenso 'Purple Flame'

Flaming Sword plant, Bromeliad

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• Celeste likes...

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    Light watering

    Water the base of the plant when the top two inches of soil feel dry. You can use our finger dip test if you need help figuring this out.

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    Bright light

    Celeste needs bright, indirect light to thrive. Place her near a sunny window and rotate her occasionally so he gets light from all angles.

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    Humidity

    She loves plenty of moisture, so be sure to pop her in a steamier room like the kitchen or bathroom.

• Quick facts

  Botanical name

  Vriesea intenso 'Purple Flame'

  Nickname

  Flaming Sword plant, Bromeliad

  Plant type

  Indoor

  Plant height (including pot)

  40-55cm

  Pet/baby safe

  Yes

  Nursery pot size

  12cm

• About Flaming Sword plant

  In Brazil, the bromeliad is known as the ‘living fiesta’. If you’re looking to add a burst of life to your space then a bromeliad really is the life and soul of the party.  In the wild, the dazzling bright flowers of the bromeliad can be found growing on trees and other larger plants in the rainforests of South and Central America. As they grip on to other plants to grow, their roots are more adapted to clutching on to surfaces, rather than absorbing water and nutrients like other houseplants.

  While their roots work more on anchoring the plant down, bromeliads have adapted to be able to absorb nutrients and moisture through their leaves. Consider this when caring for them; they’ll love lots of moisture so mist them every few days. Keep them in bright light, just like they’re sitting on a tree branch in the jungle. 

  Flaming Swords bloom for a long time, but they only bloom once. Any new flowers will emerge from small offsets, or ‘pups’ that you’ll see growing from your main ‘mother plant’. Once your main flower is spent, you can remove these offsets and pot them up separately until they grow up and put on an equally cracking display of their own.  Learn more about propagating offsets here. 

  Did you know?

  In the jungles of South America, where Vriesea grow, frogs live in the hollows of their leaves and can spend their entire lives quite at home in this plant.