Bromeliads respond well
to liquid fertilisers.
Apply at half the recommended strength. Small amounts of slow release fertilisers
may be added to the soil when the plant is being repotted or transplanted.
Genera include
Aechmea
Alcantarea
Ananas
Billbergia
Canistrum
Cryptanthus
Dyckia
Guzmania
Hechtia
Hohenbergia
Neoregelia
Nidulariium
Orthophytum
Pitcairnia
Quesnelia
Tillandsia
Vresia
Wittrockia
Alcantarea vinicolor
Bromeliads
are native to the southern states of the USA, Central America and deep into
South America.