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Bromeliads Culture Chart

General culture guide and introduction to growing bromeliad plants

The following chart shows ‘Cuture Characteristics’ and compares them to a primary genera of Bromeliaceae in cultivation. Characteristicts include light, moisture and nutrients, minimum temperatures, type of bromeliad and pups.

Bromeliads Cultural Chart

Bromeliads Culture Chart

The following characteristics of each genera are species specific:

  • INFLORESENCES can be cupped, bracted, branched, single spiked, or insignificant.
  • FOLIAGE can be smooth edged (Tillandsias), spined, or succulent.
  • BLOOM PERIODS range from less than one week (Billbergias) to greater than a month (Vrieseas).
  • RELATIVE SIZES can range from less than one inch to greater than three feet wide and tall. These variances can occur within the same genera of bromeliads depending on the particular species.

Bromeliads Culture Chart

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Comments

  1. Rick Trani posted on September 27, 2006:

    How do I know when the best time to remove the pups from the mother plant? After the bloom is finished, during, or at some other point? To cut away the pups a serrated knife should be used to make the cut at the point where pup meets the mother? Is that correct?

    like your website

  2. admin posted on September 29, 2006:

    You’ve got it. Just remove the shoot with a knife or some pruners about an inch or more from the pup and the mother bromeliad. These pups should remain on the parent plant until they reach approximately 1/2 to 3/4 the size of the parent plant.

  3. Basak posted on November 23, 2006:

    PLEASE HELP ME!!

    I have beautiful small Vriesea with pups. I have tried to cut them one by one and putthem in a small pot with water, but they are dying.. I have 4last pups on the top of the unique flower. What am I doing wrong?
    Do you have any image for cutting process?…

    Mother is ok, but the flower is dying. I want to use these last pups.
    Could you please save it.. I love this it so much.
    : )

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