“…The recommended substrate for bromeliad cultivation should have low density, high permeability and aeration (Kämpf, 1992), not compacted and slightly acidic to allow stimulate the development of root system (Paula, 2001). The literature recommends several types of substrates for bromeliad cultivation such as Pinus bark (Muraro et al, 2014;Sanches et al, 2017), soil, sand, vermiculite or sphagnum (Silva et al, 2006), vermiculite (Ferreira, 2007), charred land and rice husk (Rodrigues et al, 2004), vermicompost, tezontle, and pine bark (Trejo-Téllezet et al, 2018) and others.…”