Bromeliaceae FAMILY
Neoglaziovia variegata
Neoglaziovia variegata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Perennial
Growth—
A plant of semi-arid regions in the tropics. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is within the range 18 - 30°c, but can tolerate 14 - 36°c[1]. It is killed by temperatures of -1°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 500 - 70mm, but tolerates 400 - 800mm[1]. Requires a sunny position in a well-drained soil[1]. Prefers a medium to light soil and can tolerate low fertility[1]. Established plants are drought tolerant[1]. Prefers a pH within the range 6 - 7, but can tolerate 5.5 - 7.5[1].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Neoglaziovia+variegata>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [2]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
- [3]The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (6 volumes) — Bailey L.H. · The MacMillan Company, Toronto. · 1919 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎Rather dated, but it still contains a wealth of useful information. It can be downloaded from the internet.
- [4]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.