Neoregelia ‘Martin’

Neoregelia martin is a new and unique cultivar of Neoregelia. It is an attractive foliage plant that is loved by many because of its green and white leaves that are uniformly-arranged in rosettes.

Each rosette is about 25 inches in width and each long recurved leaf has a greenish-white to bright red color at the center. When in flower, the innermost leaves at the center of the rosette are overlayed with red. Neoregelia martin or simply Martin produces a single flower that can last for a day. The plant however blooms for only about 6 weeks.

Since Martin was introduced to the plant world, it has been compared with the other colorful Neoregelia cultivars. Compared to other Neoregelia cultivars, Martin has notched leaf margins with white spots at the upper surface of each leaf above the sheath and grayish purple surface on the sheath. Because of its shrubby and opening growth habit, Martin is widely grown in containers. Its interesting leaf colors make it great in various interiors. Nowadays, it is used in many landscape designs.