Guzmania Ice Cream T6
Offsets from the bromeliad subspecies of Guzmania in a 5.5 cm pot, native to the lower regions of the tropical rainforest of South America in the moist shade of the large trees.
Guzmania 'Ice Cream' belongs to the family of bromeliads and originally comes from the tropical regions of Central and South America. This special variety owes its name to the delicate pinkish, slightly creamy-looking flower that sits like an exotic ice cream scoop above the shiny green leaf rosette. Guzmanias are epiphytic plants in their native habitat, which makes them particularly easy to care for and adaptable for indoor culture. Features: Guzmania 'Ice Cream' impresses with its elegant funnel-shaped growth and the striking flower spike that lasts for weeks to months. The glossy, narrow leaves form a decorative rosette, from the center of which the colorful bracts protrude in soft pink – a highlight for any room concept with a tropical flair. Care Instructions: Light: Bright location without direct midday sun – ideal are east or west-facing windows Water: Water moderately, best to add some water directly to the leaf rosette; keep substrate slightly moist Humidity: Prefers high humidity – occasionally mist Fertilizer: In spring and summer, 1-2 times per month with our special tillandsia or orchid fertilizer in diluted form Temperature: Optimal at 20-26 °C, not below 15 °C Note: After flowering, the mother plant slowly dies off but usually produces young offsets beforehand, which can be easily separated and cultivated further.
Our greenhouses are equipped with modern energy screens and double glazing to efficiently save on heating costs. Additionally, we collect rainwater over the entire roof area of 9,000 square meters and use only this water to irrigate all our crops. We collect the rainwater in underground tanks with a total volume of 600,000 liters.
Since 2007, we have been heating our entire operation with a fully automated 850 kW wood chip heating system and a 100,000-liter buffer storage tank. Environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral. Only to support during very cold winter days and nights is a conventional oil heating system available.
Since 2014, the heating has been supported by a solar thermal system with an annual yield of about 20 megawatt-hours.
In 2020, we installed a photovoltaic system with 30 kW peak and have been producing more green electricity per year than our entire operation requires.
Since 2021, we use exclusively pots for our self-produced plants that are not only 100% recyclable but are also entirely made from recycled pots. To this end, we collect all used pots that arise in our operation and have them picked up in big bags by our pot supplier Göttinger. There, the pots are cleaned and processed in a water-free recycling facility into new pots that come back to us.