I-Guzmania, futhi inembe - i-gusmania isitshalo esihle sokuthi ama-botanists angamalungu omndeni wakwa-bromeliad. Unesithakazelo kubo bobabili abaqoqi kanye nabathandi bezimbali abazimisele kakhulu. Leli gama alithola ukuhlonipha isazi sezinto eziphilayo saseSpain u-A. Guzman. Endle, le mbali iyakhula kwezinye izindawo zaseNdiya, eMelika, eVenezuela naseBrazil. Ingakhula yomabili endaweni enamahlathi nasemithambekeni ezintabeni evulekile.
Lesi sitshalo esihlala siqabile siqhakazile, sinemibala eminingi ngokwezezimali, kepha kwenzeka ukuthi kunokucwaswa kwemibala - okudlula noma okude. Emakhaya ayo endle, lesi sitshalo engxenyeni yaso engenhla singafika kububanzi besigamu semitha noma ngaphezulu. Amaqabunga e-guzmania, afaneleka ngokuphelele esisekelweni, akha uhlobo lwesitsha sokuqoqa amanzi, olusetshenziswa hhayi isitshalo uqobo lwaso, kodwa futhi nezinyoni eziningi ezishisayo.
Isikhathi sezimbali ze-guzmania yinde impela, cishe amasonto angama-15-17, futhi sonke lesi sikhathi sidonsela ukunaka ngombala waso ogqamile ogqamile, ophuzi noma obomvu. Njengenhlobonhlobo yasendlini yalesi sihlahla, umhlanga waseGuzmania Rondo Omncane uyakhula, ngamafuphi ubizwa ngokuthi yiGuzmania Minor.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi le mbali isuka ezindaweni ezishisayo, ukunakekela kulula. Ukuze i-guzmania iqale ukuqhakaza, kuyadingeka ukudala izimo eziseduze nemvelo, izinga lokushisa ngenhla kwama-25 nokukhanya okukhanyayo. Kulokhu, kuyadingeka ukuthi uqiniseke ukuthi lesi sitshalo asikho elangeni eliqondile, ikakhulukazi emahoreni emini. Ngokwesitshalo esivele sinezimbali, izinga lokushisa akufanele libe ngaphansi kwama-degrees ayi-12. Iqhakaza ehlobo noma entwasahlobo, kuya ngezinhlobonhlobo.
Le mbali kufanele iniswe kahle: kungcono uma amanzi lina, ngoba isitshalo asithandi amanzi anzima. Ngaphezu kwalokho, udinga ukushintsha amanzi ku-central funnel, cishe kanye ezinyangeni ezi-2 futhi uqiniseke ukuthi awugxili. Ebusika, asikho isidingo sokunisela okuthengiswayo. Kuyadingeka ukukhipha inhlabathi futhi uyinisele kuphela lapho isomile ngokuphelele. Kulesi imbali, uhlelo lwezimpande lubuthakathaka, ngakho-ke akunakufuneka ume emhlabathini ngaphezulu, njengoba ukubola kwesitshalo kungenzeka.
Esikhathini sehlobo noma uma igumbi selomile, imbali kufanele ifafazwe. Ukuze wenze lokhu, ungafakela umanyolo wamaminerali emanzini bese ufafaza amaqabunga, njengoba isitshalo sondla ngaso. Ukondla isitshalo ngale ndlela kungenzeka kuphela ngenkathi yezimbali.
Ngenxa yohlelo lwezimpande olubuthakathaka, i-guzmania idluliswa kuphela lapho kunesidingo ngokuphelele. Uma isidingo esinjalo siqhamuke ngenxa yesifo sesitshalo noma i-acidation yenhlabathi, isitshalo sitshalwa singene ebhodweni elincane.
Lesi sitshalo sisakazeka ngamahlumela. Izinqubo zakheka phansi. Lapho ubude besithasiselo bufika ku-7 cm cm futhi i-rosette yakheka ngokwanele, ingadluliselwa emhlabathini okhanyayo igcinwe endaweni efudumele ize ikhule ngokuphelele.
