Bromeliad Plant Care

Despite its tropical nature, growing bromeliad plant indoors is easy.

The Bromeliaceae family is sometimes referred to as the pineapple family. However, this clan is a diverse group offering some of the most exotic, colorful house plants available for indoor cultivation.

Urn Plant

Purple flowers pop up through pink bracts when the plant is at least 3 years old. The flowers are short-lived, but the bracts will last for months, making this a stunning tropical plant to add to your bromeliad collection.

Get care tips for Urn Plant here. You'll discover how to water, when to fertilize, when and how to propagate, plus -- how to coax this plant to bloom.

Scarlet Star

Guzmania lingulata is one of the most popular house plants in this family. And it's no wonder. This showy plant has a long-lasting quilled spike in brilliant red, giving it the common name of Scarlet Star. Other varieties are yellow, orange or mauve.

This tropical bromeliad plant produces offsets -- called pups -- near the base of the plant. Pot up these pups when they are at least 5 months old. You'll have an ongoing collection of beautiful bromes.