Beautiful and unusual-looking bromeliad with upright tubular rosettes. Leaves are stiff and succulent, reen-grey, marbled with white-to-purple spots. In this typical form, leaves flare out at the tip of the straight pipe. Quesnelia marmorata is neglect-tolerant and slow growing. New rosettes grow on thick stolons and the whole plant does best mounted on a trunk than in a pot, where stolons would often hit the borders of the pot. Its bright pink inflorescences are a spectacular addition, but they last only one or few weeks.
Picture of the plant in bloom from Wikimedia Commons, By Scott Zona - Flickr: Quesnelia marmorata, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15308111
Coltivazione |
Protetta |
Origine della pianta |
America |
Presentazione |
Radice nuda |
Dimensione massima |
30cm-40cm |
Famiglia botanica |
Bromeliaceae |
Luce |
Ombra |
Temperatura minima in inverno |
5 ºC a 15 ºC |
Stagione della fioritura |
Mesi più freddi |
Tipo pianta |
Erbacee |
Cura |
Vaso |
Forma |
Perenni |