Neoregelia 'Donna' - Bromeliad with green, burgundy, and pink foliage

Neoregelia 'Donna' is a spectacular tropical bromeliad, prized for its compact rosette and intensely colored foliage. The leaves combine shades of green, burgundy, pink, and purple, while the center of the rosette may become even more intensely colored during flowering.

It has an exotic and highly decorative appearance, making it suitable for bright interiors, bromeliad collections, or decorative pots. Like most Neoregelia, it forms a rosette that can retain water in the center and produces offsets over time. 

🌿 Botanical characteristics

• Horticultural name: Neoregelia 'Donna'

• Family: Bromeliaceae

• Plant type: perennial tropical bromeliad

• Growth habit: compact, rosette-forming

• Leaves: rigid, glossy, slightly toothed

• Coloration: green, burgundy, pink, and purple

• Growth: slow to moderate

• Flowering: the inflorescence appears in the center of the rosette

• Development: may produce offsets after reaching maturity

• Uses: houseplant, bromeliad collections, decorative pots

☀️ Growing conditions and care

• Light: prefers bright, indirect light; good light helps maintain intense coloration

• Watering: moderate; the substrate should be well drained and should not remain constantly wet

• Central rosette: can hold a small amount of clean water, which should be refreshed periodically

• Substrate: very airy, light, and well drained

• Humidity: appreciates moderate to high atmospheric humidity

• Temperature: prefers approximately 18-28°C

• Placement: protected from intense direct sunlight and cold drafts

• Fertilization: light, during the active growing period

• Cold tolerance: does not tolerate frost and is grown as a houseplant in Romania's climate

Neoregelia prefers a very airy root environment and is sensitive to excess water in the substrate. (NC Extension Gardener Toolbox)

🌱 Secret Garden substrate recommendation

👉 For optimal development, we recommend a light, airy, and well-drained substrate with a structure similar to a mix for bromeliads or epiphytic plants. It is important that the roots have access to air and that excess water drains away quickly.

✨ What makes it special

• intensely colored foliage

• attractive contrast between green, burgundy, and pink

• compact and highly decorative rosette

• the center of the plant may become more intensely colored at maturity

• suitable for bright interiors

• produces offsets after reaching maturity

• decorative throughout the year

• ideal for tropical bromeliad collections

📌 Note

Color intensity may vary depending on light, plant age, and growing conditions. In insufficient light, the burgundy and pink tones may become less intense.

The shape of the rosette, number of leaves, and distribution of colors may naturally vary from one specimen to another.

The leaves may have minor bends, dry tips, scratches, or other aesthetic imperfections resulting from growth, handling, or transport. These aspects do not normally affect the plant's viability.

Height including pot 25 cm
Pot diameter 12 cm