Comments on: Bromeliad Blooming Overview

by: Edna Searles

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:02:18 +0000

I just purchased a bromeliad (bromeliac.cae) last Friday. Its leaves are turning brown at the ends. I repotted the plant last Monday and I have been keeping it in the living room,where the light is not bright. Please help me because I don’t know what is wrong.

by: Sherri

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:58:57 +0000

Once a plant has bloomed should the stalk be cut off?

Thanks,
Sherri

by: pat

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:51:51 +0000

Question for anyone…I got a bromeliad about 1 1/2 yrs ago, it never flowered, nor did it ever have a bloom! What should i do? the plant itself has grown but no shoots!

by: Shelley

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:52:34 +0000

I have the same question as a previous post (that got no answer). Do I cut away or tear away the pups? Also, do I leave the mother plant alone or discard it…it’s not so bad off!?

by: rick trani

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:29:54 +0000

The same bromeliad I reported in ‘06 had a total of six pups. The longer I left them on mom the larger the pups got. They have only been in their own pot for 4 months and I am trying the plastic and fruit thing. The first time I tried fruit around the root all it did was draw fruit flies (gnats). happily they were treated succuessfully. what are your thoughts?

by: Shannon

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:53:55 +0000

I have a bromelaid that has already bloomed and there are no pups in the pot. Do I have a chance of seeing anything else, or do I just have greenery now?

by: Maya

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:28:03 +0000

I bought a bromeliad which had an unopened red flower sticking out of the middle cup. The only window I have to put it in doesn’t get any direct or bright sunlight. I never overwater and mist once or twice a day. But two weeks or so after I got it home, the beautiful red flower never opened and began to turn brown and died. So I pulled it out of the plant. Was this the right thing to do? Will it ever flower again? Also, I am getting brown, dead spots on a few of my leaves. PLEASE HELP!!!

by: admin

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:33:00 +0000

@ Rosalinda. It’s important not to remove the pups too soon. The offsets feed off of the deteriorating tissues of the parent plant. Also be aware that the offsets will die without rooting if the humidity is too low or if the pups are taken when too small. Even then the young pups may or may not have developed a root system of their own. Do not pot your pups until some roots have developed; with no roots to anchor them they can topple over. If it seems time to pot your pups, but their roots still look a little measly, for the first 3 to 4 weeks after repotting offsets, enclose them in a plastic bag to maintain very humid conditions (this should help the roots to grow more quickly). Check out my post on Propagating Bromeliads for more information on how and when to remove the pups.

After roots have developed your pups should be potted into a mixture of equal volumes of coarse sand and peat moss in a small pot, watered in and grown on in the normal conditions suitable for the type of bromeliad plant concerned. Subsequent watering is carried out at intervals and only when the compost is dry. There is no one potting mix which is better than any other, however, the following mixes are suggested:

* One part peat, one part bark, one part coarse sand
* One part peat, one part bark, one part perlite
* One part peat, one-half part leaf mold, one part coarse sand

You may want to check out my post on Bromeliad Soil for more info.

I hope some of this information has helped. Thanks for joining our community, and happy growing!

by: Rosalinda Aguirre

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:59:11 +0000

What kind of “potting soil” is best for transplanting the pups in a bromeliad. I have a beautiful potted one with 3 different varieties and each one has a pup. Want to transplant. Do you just pull them away or cut them off?

by: Suzanne Fountain

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 05:10:39 +0000

To promote my Bromeliad to flower, do I just throw an apple or the like near the base of the plant, or does the fruit have to be cut up or dig into the soil. Suzanne