Comments on: Growing Bromeliads Outdoors Overview

By: Juliet D

Juliet D — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:43:13 +0000

Hello,

A little over one month ago I purchased a beautiful Bromeliad and I’ve already killed it. The woman at the flower shop told me to keep the pockets at the leaves with water so I did that and I believe it has drowned. It started to get really stinky where the flower is in the center and so I would flush the water and add fresh always making sure it had a bit of a pool around the flowered center. The soil in it’s pot never dried and the leaves around the flower started turning yellow brown and now I can pull entire leaves out of the center. I’d like to try again, but I’d like specific instructions so I don’t kill another gorgeous plant. Any helpful suggestions you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Juliet

By: Bennie

Bennie — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:05:55 +0000

Have 2 potted Bromeliads which got hit by frost,can they be revived? I live in New Zealand .

By: Abigail mercer

Abigail mercer — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:10:26 +0000

Hello, I received one of these plants last Christmas. It is the variety with a large spiky, pink flower. I have watched the plant grow large and it’s flower has lasted these 5 months. The only care has been to set it near a window where it gets a good bit of indirect light, and I have poured a small amount of water into the middle of the plant where a ‘cup’ has formed. I only add water when it is completely dry, so it has only been about 4 times. The plant has outgrown the small pot to say the least. After looking unsuccessfully online to identify the plant, I called the florist, whose sticker was still attached to the pot. The florist was helpful and told me the following: you are watering the plant correctly, the flower blooms one time, lasts a long time, then dies. Around this time the plant puts out ‘pups’ around the base, which should be removed and planted to make their own flowering plants. I actually planted mine outside because it is clear that it will die soon anyway without a larger area. Oh well!

By: Rae Downing

Rae Downing — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:02:45 +0000

I want to add some bromeliad to our tropical garden and have areas of everything from full on sun to almost constant shade. I live in central Texas. I love these plants but have had no luck doing them indoors. I’m told some are better than others for my part of the world and wanted some advise on which ones to consider. We have created a tropical garden in our backyard so the garden gets regular water and we have selected plants offering everything from full out sun to almost constant shade with everything in between. Can you recommend some specific types of bromeliad we can add to our tropical paradise?

By: Cherica

Cherica — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:58:33 +0000

Hi I live in California and I need help, could someone let me know which Bromelaid is best to plant in my area with minimum amount of shade.

Thanks

By: KYLIE

KYLIE — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:58:09 +0000

I purchased a bromeliad with red flower it is in a pot but seems to be getting bigger.
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I WATER IT!
I LIVE IN TEXAS AND WANT TO KNOW WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE IT. INDOORS OR OUT?
IF OUTDOORS HOW SHOULD I PLANT IT?

By: Shelley Clapp

Shelley Clapp — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:34:10 +0000

I live in New Orleans and we had unusually cold temps for a night or two recently. All of my bromeliads leaves have yellowed. Can i save them? and how would I do this? Thank you

By: Susan Bennett

Susan Bennett — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:49:15 +0000

I stayed at the Ritz Carlton Orlando FL last night and when leaving my room for the award breakfast I was there to attend a woman was pushing a cart along the hallway of my floor. She had seven plants on the cart and when asked told us that she was the plant supplier for the resort. The plants on her cart “did not meet the standards of the hotel and were to be thrown away.” I work for a non profit and we are so used to resueing people that I just spoke up and said I’ll take them….to me I didn’t see inadequate plants but instead alot of beauty. So I took them and she was happy…said she could only have so many throw away plants at her home….so now I am researching the seven plants I will plant onto my east facing covered second floor deck in downtown Mount Dora, central FL. If I take pictures can you tell me the exact plant type? If I asked the woman she would have known but I didn’t think of that this morning. I will place one at each of our six group homes and leave the last one in my home as a memory of saving these beautiful plants!

By: Deborah Ibarra

Deborah Ibarra — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:07:16 +0000

Good question Haps McNamara ,, that’s one of my same question,, my mom gave me one, but the flower already dried and the leafs are still green. She said that only put water inbetween the leafs, not on the dirt because it will die, is that true?

By: Joan Oates

Joan Oates — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:42:42 +0000

June 16, ’09. My pink Bromeelaid was brought from AL this last March, it had just one stem then, but now has two and also another baby starting up. The first ‘stem’ and its leaves now has its first pink flower’s stem hanging over the pot and is almost in full bloom, it’s lovely! The leave’s edges are quite pikery w/sawteeth edges. On what site can I find any pictures so as to know what kind of a Bromelaid I have?. Thank you for any information you can provide.