Neoregelia 'Lorena Lector' – Live Bromeliad for Terrariums & Vivariums | India

💰 Price per plant: ₹1000

Neoregelia 'Lorena Lector' is a graceful, colourful medium bromeliad with a tidy rosette, an easy centrepiece for vivariums and larger terrariums. Neoregelias are among the most popular bromeliads for planted terrariums and vivariums, grown for the colour held in their leaves rather than for their flowers; each plant forms a low rosette with a watertight central cup.

Origin and form

The Neoregelia genus comes from the rainforests of eastern Brazil, where the plants grow as epiphytes on branches and among leaf litter. 'Lorena Lector' keeps a neat medium rosette that warms in colour as light increases.

Care at a glance

• Light: bright, indirect light for the best colour.
• Water: keep the central cup topped up with clean, fresh water; let the mix stay lightly moist, not soggy.
• Humidity: high; thrives in closed terrariums, vivariums and paludariums.
• Temperature: comfortable from about 15°C to 32°C, covering normal indoor conditions across India.
• Difficulty: easy, one of the most forgiving bromeliads for beginners.

Styling and terrarium use

Use 'Lorena Lector' as a graceful centrepiece in a vivarium, the planted land zone of a paludarium, or a larger terrarium. It settles easily beside bolder plants, and the water-holding cup suits dart-frog vivariums. Grow it emersed, above the waterline; it is not an aquatic plant and must not be submerged. The foliage is non-toxic and pet-safe.

Propagation

Each rosette flowers once, then sends out pups around its base. Detach them when they reach about a third of the parent's size to grow on, so one plant slowly becomes many.

Ordering

Supplied as healthy, nursery-grown live plants in sets of 10 and shipped across India. The set suits collectors building a display, terrarium and vivarium builders planting in quantity, and resellers.

Part of our Terrarium & Paludarium Plants range, shipped live across India.