Bromeliad
Neoregelia carolinae
Also called neoregelia.
Bright light and high humidity. Water into the cup at its centre rather than the soil, which is also where dart frogs lay their eggs.
What it needs
- Grows to
- 35 cm
- Smallest sensible enclosure
- 40 L, at least 40 cm long
- Temperature
- 20 to 30 °C
- Humidity
- 60 to 90%
- Grown
- epiphyte
- How hard
- easy
These are the figures the stocking advice is built on. Make a room and it will tell you whether a bromeliad fits the enclosure you have.