Water tower flower, a perennial evergreen herbaceous succulent plant in the bromeliad family, has a very short stem. Leaves broadly lanceolate, sharply pointed, finely serrated margins, hard leathery, bright green,

Water tower flower

Bromeliads are a genus of water tower flowers

The water tower flower is a perennial evergreen herbaceous succulent plant in the bromeliad family with a very short stem. The leaves are broadly lanceolate, sharply pointed, finely serrated on edges, hard leathery, bright green, with thick cuticles and absorbent scales on the surface. The spikes are erect, rising above the leaf clusters, the bracts pink, the corolla vermilion, the petals curled outward, and the edges are purple. The leaves are spirally clumped from the rhizome, rosette-shaped at the base and tubular in the center. It blooms more often than winter and spring. leathery leaves; Verdant and shiny, clumps form rosettes, dignified and beautiful; The base of the leaves hugs each other, so that the center of the plant is in a tube-shaped, and the inside can hold water without leakage, like a water tower, so it is named "water tower flower".

Water tower flowers prefer warm, moist, semi-shaded environments. Not hardy. Slightly drought tolerant, native to Brazil. It is a good indoor indoor foliage plant. Native to tropical America, epiphytes are found on trees or in humus in tropical forests. Chinese greenhouses are mostly cultivated, especially in the southern region.