Comments on: Bromeliads Care and Culture Overview

by: Stella

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:44:19 +0000

My bromeiad has started to smell from the middle cup obviously from having water in it constantly. How can I get rid of the smell? Do I have to keep water in the cup at all times?

by: C McClelland

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:41:50 +0000

Thanks for this website & blog! Today I was given a bromeliad which the owner replaced because it prewas “dead”. Well, the red flower has turned dry and brown but it appears that two pups have started on the side - and maybe a third tiny one. Based on about 5 min of reading here it sounds like I should just resume/continue watering & maybe get a tray of gravel with water under it to build humidity. Then give it some time for the original plant to either “revive” or deteriorate and remove/replant the pups when/if the original plant is quite done for. Am I doing OK?

by: Patty in The Woodlands

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:21:40 +0000

I have purchased several bromeliads in bloom and did not realize that they only bloom once. Is it OK to cut off the flower once it has turned mostly brown??? I will continue to water and hope to get pups some day! Thanks

by: Lourie

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:47:47 +0000

can anyone answer the question do you cut the flower off when it is all brown and dead looking or do you leave it on. and what do you do with the pups that are growning on there i have two of them i thought you just leave them there. do i or do i cut them off?
help

by: Marlene E. Mihaich

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:31:18 +0000

I am taking care of my bosses bromeliad. It was looking very beautiful for a long time and now the flowering part is drying up at the top and the redish/pink leaves on the top have a freckled look. Help! What can I do to fix it?

by: Nicole

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:16:32 +0000

I got a Bromeliad as a gift and I’m not sure how to take care of it! My plant is green on the outside and healthy looking, and flower on the inside looks dead and brown! What do I need to do to bring it back to life? Or better yet what am I doing wrong?

by: Mary Ellen

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:12:39 +0000

When the flower on the plant dies should I cut it out or just leave it alone? My one plant has had the dried dead flower there for about six months now, and no other
flowers have replaced it.

I also have another that I removed the dead flower but it has never grown another flower, what am I doing wrong? Help!!! I love my bromeliads.

Thanks for your help!

by: rick trani

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:47:52 +0000

If anyone is interested in swapping different types of bromeliads please contact me at ricktrani@aol.com

by: Krista Wilson

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:43:43 +0000

I am not sure if this is a website that can help me or not. I recently moved and my ficus tree had gotten cold for about an hour. Unfortunately, a week later and
I have no leaves left. Is there a way to revive it. I have had this plant for years and do not wish to loose it. Any suggestions?

by: artist

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:14:45 +0000

I just recieved a bromeliad as a sympathy gift from my mother’s funeral. It is potted and has spanish moss over the top of the soil i assume to keep it moist. It has 3 large flowers,but i am not sure of what type of brom it is.Therefore I don’t know how to care for it. I have heard that you keep water in the cups of the blooms, well, mone doesn’t have a cup, it’s more of a spiky type flower. I live on the gulf coast of Texas, so it stays humid all of the time here. Is it possible to send photos to this site so that you can tell me what type of Brom it is? This plant did not come with instructions.