Scarlet star

Guzmania lingulata

CommonTropicalModerateSafe

A tropical houseplant. Prefers bright indirect light. Wants a fast-draining substrate. As a species it wants water about every 7 days. Not known to be toxic.

Scarlet star: how often should you water it?

~7days between waterings

That’s the interval our references converge on for this species indoors: roughly every 7 days between waterings, adjusted for your light and your season.

What we do and don’t publish

Why we don’t give you a date.

We publish the interval this species usually wants. We don’t publish a date for your plant — nothing here measures it. The interval is a starting point you adjust from what you actually log.

Start trackingLog a watering, and the interval starts adjusting to your home.

Guidance is curated against general horticultural references including the RHS, the Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder, and university extension services. Each field is either published or left empty — never estimated.

Care cadences

WWaterEvery ~7 days

CClean leavesEvery ~45 days

FFertilizeEvery ~45 days

RRepotEvery ~730 days

Not established for this species: mist. We’d rather leave them empty than guess.

What’s known about this species

Light

ExposureBright indirect

Tolerates direct sunNo

Minimum light2150 lux

Daily light target8 mol/m²/day

Environment

Ideal temperature21 °C

min 13 °Cmax 27 °C

Humidity50–70% RH

Soil & pot

Drainagefast

Pot in a fast-draining, airy orchid-bark mix; water lightly and keep the central rosette cup topped off with fresh water, flushing it weekly.

Toxicity

SafePet-safe

Non-toxic to cats, dogs, and horses per ASPCA; leaves are stiff and fibrous, so discourage chewing to avoid GI irritation.

A short profile, on purpose

1 of the fields we publish aren’t established for this species in the references we trust. Empty means unknown — not zero, and not a guess.

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The species’ year

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GrowingDormantFeedRepot

A typical year for this species in a temperate northern home. It shifts with your light and your latitude — we don’t track your plant’s season, so treat this as rhythm, not schedule.

Keep this species honest in your own log.

Verdalia holds the interval, your log moves it. Free to start.

Start tracking

Verdalia publishes species guidance curated from horticultural references. It does not measure your plant — you log what you do, and the intervals adjust to what you log. Suggest a correction