Comments on: Bromeliads Propagation Overview

by: bobby benton

Mon, 05 May 2008 17:06:25 +0000

I have had my Bromeliad for one year. Name? The foliage looks like green leaves with grayish green tiger strips and has one flower shaped like a long red
feather. Sides of the red flower also have little yellow sprouts. I have it indoors and appears to be in good health. I try to keep water in the base of the foliage and the plastic pot has very good drainage although I do see some of the tips of the green foliage turning brown.

My questions are:

How do I get it to produce another flower?

What type fertilizer should I use?

by: Sarah

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:06:53 +0000

Never mind my last post. I found the answer with a more careful read of your answers to past questions. Thanks so much for all the great information on taking care of these plants!

by: Sarah

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:39:13 +0000

The pup on my bromeliad has been growing for about six months and is about ten inches long. Is it too late to cut it off from the mother plant? Thanks!

by: Patricia Gould

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:41:40 +0000

I have found this web very interesting, I have a Bromeliad (aechmea). The flower has died, there are two pups almost the size of the mother plant. I’m going to transplant them in a cactus soil. I noticed that the mother plant is looking kinda sickly and I thought I was watering it wrong. I was just watering by pouring the water into the center of the plants and then I found out that the soil isn’t suppose to be dry, so I started to put a little water there too? Am I giving it to much TLC? This is when the mother plant started to look sickly. I would appreciate your help on the watering technique. Thank you Patricia Gould

by: richard trani

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:28:23 +0000

I’m trying to figure out what kind of soil is best for propagating pups.

The bromeliad I have was bought from Home Depot, is thick green white frosty covering the leaves. Produced a lot of pups. Doesn’t root that well and I’m using cactus/palm/citrus potting soil presently. The blooms are beautiful pink with spikes shooting out from the bloom. wow!

by: Heather

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:03:26 +0000

How do I remove the pups that grow from the center of the mother plant?

I have had tons of success with the type that grow from the side, but I have two variegated broms with large pups coming from the center of the mother - HELP!

by: Jodi Allen

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:18:38 +0000

I have I believe a Guzmania variety. The bloom has recently died and 1 pup is starting to grow. I see that it says to remove the pup when it is 2/3 the height of the mother plant. Do I include the flower in this measurement? The flower is all dried out now but the leaves on the bottom are still green. is it ok to cut off the dead flower? or should I keep it intact. My pup is about 5″tall. How do I get the mother to grow more pups? Any help would be appreciated.

by: admin

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:21:23 +0000

@ Jane. First off welcome to our small community, I hope you find the posts here helpful! As for your pups: you should definitely separate the pups from the mother plant. If you leave them to continue to grow where they are, they'll just continue to feed off of the mother plant, leaving it to slowly die. Plus it sounds like you've accumulated some great new plants that; within about a year to a year and a half of growing, should bloom! The mother plant sounds pretty healthy so it may put out even more pups for you! Check out my Blooming Bromeliads Again post for more tips on what to do with the mother plant and her pups! Make sure that the pups have developed their own roots (at this stage in growing, I'm sure your pups have roots of their own, just be sure to keep them intact when removing from the mother plant), then you can pot them in pots of their own. For more info. on which soil types to use check out my post on Caring For Bromeliads - Soil. For more suggestions on potting your pups, see my post Caring For Bromeliads - Repotting. I hope some of this informations helps! Happy growing!:)

by: Jane Poole

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:55:05 +0000

My bromeliad plant is in a shaded are but keeps growing and growing. I now have about 5-6 pups, as you call them - but they are very mature plants the size of the “mother”. Can i dig them up and move them to another location, or will they be all right to just keep multiplying in the same location? I live in Central Florida.

by: admin

Sat, 26 May 2007 20:06:26 +0000

@ Savana. It's important not to remove the pups to soon from the mother plant, because the offsets feed off of the deteriorating tissues of the parent plant. Check out my post on Caring For Bromeliads - Propagation! This post should give you all the information you need on what to do with your new bromeliad pups! You may also want to take a look at my post on Blooming Bromeliads Again for tips and suggestions on what to do as your bromeliad plant is beginning to die, and it's new pups are beginning to grow! I hope these posts help! Happy Growing!