Bromeliads are Coming to Your Offices in Burlington, MA by PDI Interior Landscaper.

Guzmania Bromeliads Are coming to your Offices This Summer from PDI

Guzmania Purple Passion

Guzmania Red Cardinal

Guzmania yellow Lemon

Guzmania lingulata is one of the most popular species of Guzmania. Its common name is the scarlet star. The scarlet star has long, flat, glossy green leaves with smooth margins. The leaves come together to form a star shape in the middle. The flower on this plant is actually a grouping of modified leaves, called bracts. Guzmania lingulata is most famous for its brilliant pink or red flower bracts but can also be found in shades of yellow and orange depending on the variety. The true flowers are tiny white and do not rise above the colorful bracts. The blooms can last 2-4 months. Guzmania lingulata is an ideal indoor or office plant. They survive well in low light conditions and tolerant of artificial light. They cannot, be exposed to intense direct sunlight. The plant can grow as tall as two feet and as wide as two feet.

Growth Habits

Most Guzmania are epiphytic meaning they use their roots to attach to a host plant such as a tree rather than grow in the ground. Epiphytes are not parasitic and do not cause any damage to their host. Guzmania can be either mounted on a substrate or planted in a pot. Because Guzmania roots act primarily as an anchor rather than a source for water and nutrients.

Water

Guzmania take in water through their central tank and leaves in addition to their roots. A cup toward the base of the plant. Never put water in the bracts or flowering portion of the plant. It will shorten the life of the inflorescence. Make sure to flush the cup regularly to avoid disease and the build up of minerals found in the water. 

Temperature

Guzmania Bromeliad

Because Guzmania are native to tropical areas, they prefer warmer temperatures and humidity. A healthy plant will produce pups before it dies. Pups can be removed from the plant and transplanted to their own pot or they can be allowed to grow in clumps attached to the mother plant. 

Pests

The Guzmania does not suffer from many pests especially when grown indoors.

Species

There are many species of Guzmania besides lingulata There are 135 different species and 348 cultivars listed in the Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies’ Bromeliad Photo Index. Guzmania come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. 

Plantscape Designs Inc of Stoneham, MA services the following area cities and towns in Massachusetts:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Westboro, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Rotational Flowering program Orchids and Tillandsia Westford, MA

Phal Orchid with Tillandsia stricta

Tiandsia stricta in Mini Program

Close up Tillandsia Stricta bloom

Tillandsia

Phaleonopsis Orchid with attached Tillandsia

Netscout has been Plantscape Designs, Inc. client for well over 15 years. Dave, Netscouts' facility manager exclaims, "The monthly flowering rotational program is exciting. The colors, the varieties and the fragrances of these flowers are unique and different."

Yellow Phaleonopsis here they come fromPDI

Plantscape Designs, Inc. uses assorted containers in our design built living arrangements; glass, wood, ceramic, plastic, terra-cotta, fiberglass, granite and marble.

Plantscape Designs Inc of Stoneham, MA services the following area cities and towns in Massachusetts:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Westboro, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Biological Weapons are used by Plantscape Designs Inc. on your Interior Office Plants Danvers, MA

Two Cryptolaemus Montrouzieri devouring mealbug

PDI PLANTS Inc. has knowledge of, and access to, predators and parasites for combating insects and pest on your plants in the office workplace.

1. Biological Controls really work!

2. Mealy Bug Control: The citrus mealy bug is the most common species found on ornamental plantings. These mealy bugs are found on all parts of the plant, including the roots, but typically are clustered on stem tips and new growth.

3. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri is our predator we use, ommonly called the Australian lady beetle.They also feed on black scale insects and aphids. We also use Leptomastx dactylopii, which is the parasite we use in the control of the citrus mealy bug.

At PDI PLANTS Danvers, MA we use both of these beneficial insects for our clients plant problems.

Plantscape Designs Inc of Stoneham, MA services the following area cities and towns in Massachusetts:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA Westboro, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Redesigning The Boston Design Center Boston, MA with Ficus Lyrata green plants.

Plantscape Design Inc. has recently helped redesign the Boston Design Center with live green interior tropical Ficus Lyrata plants (commonly known as Fiddle Leaf Figs) and Architectural Supplements' Earth Wall and Earth Cube containers in a spectacular burnt orange finish.

Boston Design Center needed a green plant tropical presence in their halls and lobby areas to greet talented interior designers from all over New England. The Ficus Lyrata trees were stately but welcoming to all visitors in this Boston, MA location.

Jen, one of twenty, of our PDI plant specialist staff technicians has been servicing this building most recently. Brian, John and Pam installed this massive green plant design of tropical trees, which comprised almost two days of work to install.

Plantscape Designs Inc. of Stoneham, MA 02180 services the following areas:

Griffin Brook Office Park Methuen, MA

Cummings Office Park Woburn and Beverly, MA

Corporation Way / Centennial Park Peabody, MA

Ballardvale Office Park Wilmington, MA

Brickstone Office Park Andover, MA

Nagog Office Park Acton, MA

Westford Corporate Park Westford, MA

Edgewater Office Park Wakefield, MA

Quorum Office Park Chelmsford, MA

Technology Office Park Billerica, MA

The Bedford Professional Park Bedford, MA

 Hobbs Brook Office Park Waltham, MA

Wellesley Office Park Wellesley, MA

Plantscape Designs inc has been servicing interior green office plants in the above office parks for over 40 years.

Orchid with Tillandsias PDI Flower Rotational Programs Concord, MA.

Phaleonopsis Orchid with Tillandsias

Orchid and Tillandsias work well together in live PDI flowering Rotation Programs.

1. Light:

Lighting for Tillandsias should be bright but filtered (April - October). They should not be left in the direct sun in the summer months (this will cause the plant to become sunburned ). Tillandsias love direct sun (November - March). Tillandsias may be grown in the house directly in front of a window. Fresh moving air is advisable, but remember, the most important care need is bright filtered light.

2. Artificial Light:
Full spectrum artificial light (fluorescent) is best. Plant should be no further than 36" from the fluorescent tubes and can be as close as 6". A four-tube 48" fixture works well. Bulbs can be any full spectrum type Gro-Lux, Repta-Sun, Vita-Lite, etc. Light should be set with a timer, 12 hours per day.

3. Water:
Always wet your Tillandsia 2-3 times per week; more often in a hot, dry environment; less often in a cool, humid one. Plants should be given enough light and air circulation to dry in no longer than 4 hours after watering. Spray misting is insufficient as the sole means of watering but may be beneficial between regular waterings in dry climates to increase the humidity.

If the plant is in a bowl be sure to empty the water out.  Tillandsias will not survive in standing water.They will rot!

4. Air Circulation:
Following each watering, Tillandsias should be given enough light and air circulation to dry in 4 hours or less. Do not keep plants constantly wet or moist.

5. Temperature:Optimum temperature range for tillandsias is 50 - 90 degrees F.

Plantscape Designs Inc of Stoneham, MA services the following area cities and towns in Massachusetts:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA Westboro, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Pyramid Pothos, Interior Green Plant Enhancing Cogent Research's Logo Cambridge, MA

Pyramid Pothos plant PDI

Beautiful pyramid shaped plant with colorful foliage.  1. It's easy to care for and it's good in most indoor situations. 2.To keep the plant looking full, do not let runners get to long before pruning. 3. Weave runners around form in a consistent pattern. 4. Be sure to rotate plant to keep growth even. 5. Basic Growth Structure:  Trailing plant that has been trained to grow up and fill in pyramid form 6. Light Requirements: Low to Medium 7. Water Requirements: Moist, but allow to dry slightly between watering. 8. Proper Pruning: Clip runners just below the leaf, allow runners to grow 18-24". 9. Possible Pest Problems: When kept too wet, this plant can develop mealy bugs. Margarita Araya, office manager at Cogent exclaims,"PDI 's green plants and service has a positive effect on all of us here at our Cambridge, MA offices. PDI of Stoneham, MA has been providing green plant service for over 40 years to the following areas: Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA  Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Our Boston / Cambridge, MA Interior landscape Staff Attending Monthly Educational Plant Clinics.

Custom House Tower Boston, MA - PDI

PDI Plant Clinic Monthly

Plantscape Designs Inc services Downtown Financial District Boston, Custom House location and High Tech MIT buildings in Cambridge, MA.

From major financial institutions such as Boston banks, insurance companies and investment brokerage firms, to the research labs, robotic and nano machine labs of MIT, PDI is the most trusted name in interior green plant care for both Boston and Cambridge, MA interior corporate interior environment.

For over 43 years PDI has been servicing headquarters of Boston financial institutes, insurance companies such as New York Life, Met Life, public buildings such as Horticultural Hall and start ups like Cheap Flights.

MIT University in  Cambridge, MA., with its top security, only contracts Plantscape Designs, Inc. www.pdiplants.com for it trustworthiness integrity and dependability. Above friendly knowledgeable technicians Jennifer, Karen, Helen, Caroline, Jen are there to serve your companies interior green office plants.

Coverage areas in Massachuesetts:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Thoratec Corp Burlington, MA Designs with Interior Green Plants and Built in Planter Boxes.

Ficus Benjamin Tree Thoratec Corp

Thoratec Corporation's main lobby in Burlington, MA has hand crafted oak wooden planters housing braided Ficus Benjamin trees with BJ Freeman green plants dotted with pink Farciata bromeliads for color.

The sun lite atrium lobby easily maintains these indoor office plants in peak condition along with Plantscape Designs, Inc weekly maintenance and care program.

Rich Bonito facilities manager of Thoratec exclaims, "live green plants make our lobby come alive" .

PDI has been providing green plant service for over 40 years to the following areas:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Westboro, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Truck Load of Green interior Plants from Florida for your healthier office workplace Stoneham, MA

Florida interior plant delivery

Interior plant individually sleeved for cold protection

In an effort to save our current and future client's money, Plantscape Designs Inc. receives healthy green plants by the truck load directly from wholesale distributors in Florida all year round. Assorted and different species of tropical plants are gently handled and placed carefully in our warehouse. 

Each plant is individually packaged for protection. At Plantscape Designs Inc. we inspect and insure that your new interior office plants are not damaged.

Plantscape Designs Inc. receives monthly, freshly grown interior plants both tropical and desert species.

Clean air with green plants

Contemporary buildings are sealed tightly to increase HVAC efficiency. Inside those sealed environments, man-made particles such as paints, plastics, insulation, plywood, carpets, synthetic fibers and detergents emit up to 300 harmful pollutants.

Carcinogens filtered out by common office plants

However, many tropical plants possess the ability to not only beautify your interior environment; they filter these pollutants from the air.

NASA funded studies directed by Dr. B. C. Wolverton, a 20-year veteran in horticulture research, proved that the plants commonly used in interior plantscaping cleanse the air of many harmful pollutants such as formaldehyde, benzene and trichloroethylene.

Material distributed by the Plants for Clean Air Council demonstrates that plants remove pollutants in varying quantities. The council recommends one potted plant for each 100 square feet of floor space.

Plantscape Designs Inc of Stoneham, MA services the following area cities and towns in Massachusetts:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA Westboro, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Rotational Living Arrangements Toshiba Corporation Marlborough, MA

Orchid living Arrangement interior office plant and flower care

Living Rotational Arrangemnet Flowers Toshiba

Living Arrangement Marlborough, MA

Interior flower rotational Programs from Plantscape Designs Inc.

Monthly flowering rotational programs are much less expensive then a florist cut flowers that may last 3-4 days.

PDI's monthly living arrangement extend the entire month with vivid alive color.

Orchids and bromeliad arrangements can be separately constructed or combined together with other flowering kalanchoes, violets begonias, etc..

The above oval designer container is a new feature for presenting long lasting potted flowering green plants.

PDI of Stoneham, MA has been providing green plant service for over 40 years to the following areas:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Insect inspection on your interior green office plants by Plantscape Designs Inc.Waltham, MA.

Aphid Insects

1. Aphid insect detection is ongoing at Waltham's, MA interior office environments by PDI interior landscapers. Occasionally our clients interior green plants have aphids and scale that literary suck the life juices out of them.

2. Plantscape Designs Inc. inherits many of these insect infested indoor office plants from our former competitors.

3. We first wash all of these inherited plants with 50% isopropyl alcohol, eliminating the adult stages of these pests.

4. Second, we scrape the top one inch of soil that may have hundreds of insect eggs not hatched yet. PDI then discards this soil with eggs.

5. Thirdly, we apply an all natural, pesticide-free insect predators called nematodes in the form of crawling, not flying, insect larvae to totally devour all eggs remaining in the green plants top soil.

Plantscape Designs Inc. inherits 36 new accounts every year from various competitors who do not do a great job of interior care of office plants in Waltham, MA.

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Westboro, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Low light interior green plants at Kelly's Restaurant Natick, MA

Kelly's Restaurant Mahogany Planters

Colorful Antiques anf low light green plant at Kelly's at Natick, Ma

Pothos, Stomanthe, Sanservieria interior plants at Kelly's Natick

Lipstick Bromeliad with low light interior plants Kelly's MA

Kelly's Restaurant of Natick, MA is the premier fast food restaurant of Massachusetts.

Decorated with fine antiques of the past Revere Beach amusement park era, mahogany planter boxes with live green assorted plants artist wall paintings and live jelly fish aquarium as a focal point of this restaurant dinning interior, not forgetting the infamous Kelly's roast beef and fried clam plates; this is a true adventurous eating experience.

The assorted low light green plants Plantscape Designs Inc uses here are many. Pothos, Janet Craigs, Sansevieria, Stromanthe, Bromeliads and Chinese Evergreens welcome the dinners and encourage theie stay to dine within this colorful cheerful eatery along RTE 9.

PDI interior plant care enables these tropical green plant to survive in this very dark lighting environment. Plantscape Designs Inc enhances the beauty of this Kelly's Restaurant with weekly plant care.

PDI of Stoneham, MA has been providing green plant service for over 40 years to the following areas:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Insect Pests on Interior Office Plants; Mealy Bugs and Trips Lexington, MA

White Mealy Bugs and Trips Insect

Mealy Bugs and Trip Insect Pest damage many interior office plants.

Trip insect damage on Pothos leaf

Trip Insect Damage on new budding Pothos Leaf

Many thrips are pests of commercial crops due to the damage caused by feeding on developing flowers or vegetables, causing discoloration, deformities, and reduced marketability of the crop. Thrips may also serve as vectors for plant diseases, such as Tospoviruses.

Over 20 plant-infecting viruses are known to be transmitted by thrips. These enveloped viruses are considered among some of the most damaging of emerging plant pathogens around the world. Virus members include the tomato spotted wilt virus and the impatiens necrotic spot viruses. The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis,  now has a worldwide distribution and is considered the primary vector of plant diseases caused by Tospoviruses.

This global explosion in thrips species' range is not uncommon, as their small sizes and predisposition towards enclosed places makes them difficult to detect by phytosanitary inspection. When coupled with the increasing globalization of trade and the growth of greenhouse agriculture, thrips, unsurprisingly, are among the fastest growing group of invasive species in the world. Examples include the aforementioned Frankliniella occidentalis, Scritothrips dorsalis and Trips palmi.

Flower-feeding thrips are routinely attracted to bright floral colors (including white, blue, and especially yellow), and will land and attempt to feed. 

Plantscape Designs Inc encounters many trip infestations on interior green plants and flowers. 

Biological beneficial predator or parasite controls are injected into to these troublesome areas.

PDI of Stoneham, MA has been providing green plant service for over 40 years to the following areas:

Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading, MA Marlboro, MA Southboro, MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA

Using Bird Nest Ferns in your Interior PlantscapeOoffice Design Woburn, MA

A Birds Nest Fern pictured here at one of our Woburn clients office reception is the perfect alternative to the pothos plant so commonly used in such dark office environments in Woburn, MA

1. Asplenium nidus forms large simple fronds visually similar to banana leaves, with the fronds growing to 50–150 cm long and 10–20 cm broad. They are light green, often crinkled, with a black midrib, and exhibit circinate vernation. Spores develop in sori on the underside of the fronds. These sori form long rows extending out from the midrib on the back of the outer part of the lamina (frond). The fronds roll back as they brown and create a massive leaf nest in the branches and trunks of trees.

Native distribution

Birds Nest Ferns in Canopy of Rain Forest

Birds nest ferns in tropical montane forest on Mount Manucoco, Atauro Island, East Timor

2. Asplenium nidus is native to east tropical Africa (in Tanzania, inclusive of the Zanzibar Archipelago); temperate and tropical Asia (in Indonesia; East Timor; the prefecture of Kyushu, and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan; Malaysia; the Philippines; Taiwan; and Thailand); and in Australasia (in the northern part of Queensland in Australia).

Habitat

3. Asplenium nidus can survive either as anepiphytal or terrestial plant but typically grows on organic matter. This fern often lives in palm trees or bromeliads, where it collects water and humus in its leaf rosette It thrives in warm, humid areas in partial to full shade.

Uses

Asplenium nidus in Malaysia

4. With a minimum temperature of 10 °C (50 °F), Asplenium nidus is widely cultivated in temprate  regions as a houseplant Apparently, most plants sold in America as A. nidus are actually Asplenium australasicum which has longer sori, and a differently shaped midrib.

Asplenium nidus has been used locally in folk medicine (to treat asthma, sore, weakness and hygienically to treat halitosis 

At Plantscape Designs Inc. we incorporate these Bird Nest Ferns adding to the uniqueness of your interior office plant design Woburn, MA.

PDI of Stoneham, MA has been providing green plant service for over 40 years to the following areas:

Boston, MA Cambridge,MA Wakefield, MA Woburn, MA Peabody, MA Wilmington, MA Tewksbury, MA Methuen, MA Needham, MA Andover, MA Dedham, MA

Andover, MA Concord, MA Acton, MA Westford, MA Chelmsford, MA Billerica, MA Burlington,MA Bedford, MA Lexington, MA Wellesley, MA Watertown, MA

Lynnfield, MA Danvers, MA Saugus, MA Beverly, MA Salem, MA Reading, MA North Reading,MA Marlboro, MA Southboro,MA Northboro, MA Stoneham, MA