http://www.bromeliads.info Bromeliad care information, Bromeliads shop, pictures, and growing bromeliads. Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:47:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bromeliad Flower Family Classification Overview by Bromeliads.info The bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae) consists of 51 genera and about 1,500 strictly American species. They grow from the dry deserts of southwestern United States to equatorial tropical rain forests. Based on growth habits and other characteristics, Bromeliaceae is divided into the subfamilies Pitcairnioideae, Tillandsioideae ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/bromeliad-classification-overview Growing Bromeliad Plants Indoors Overview by Bromeliads.info Bromeliads are excellent indoor plants. They have colorful, long-lasting inflorescence and some have brilliantly colored foliage as well. Bromeliads also readily adapt to the unfavorable growing conditions that exist in most homes. Although many bromeliads are epiphytic, living on branches and trunks of trees or ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/growing-bromeliads-indoors-overview Growing Bromeliad Plants Outdoors Overview by Bromeliads.info Bromeliads can be used in the landscape in frost-free areas of the state or grown in containers that can be moved indoors in areas where freezes occur. Since bromeliads require minimal care, they are an asset in the landscape. In south Florida, bromeliads can be ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/growing-bromeliads-outdoors-overview Bromeliad Flower Family Care and Culture Information Overview Information about the care and culture of bromeliad plants and flowers including ideal light, temperature, humidity, air circulation, water, soil and planting beds, potting media and fertilization. Light Bromeliads tolerate a wide range of light intensities, including low light, for long periods without ill effects. ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/bromeliads-care-and-culture-overview Bromeliad Flower Family Propagation Information Overview Bromeliads can be propagated by removal of "pups" or "offsets" from the "mother plant" (asexual) or by seed (sexual). Bromeliads slowly die over a period of a year or two after flowering. However, several pups usually develop during the flowering cycle and ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/bromeliads-propagation Bromeliad Flower Family Blooming Information Overview Many factors cause bromeliads to bloom such as plant age, day length, light intensity, water and temperature. Some bromeliads bloom quite regularly while others do not. Research on the flowering process has shown that bromeliads can be induced to flower by exposing them to ethylene ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/bromeliad-blooming-overview Bromeliad Plant Family Diseases Information Overview Many problems commonly attributed to diseases are the result of unfavorable growing conditions. Low temperatures (40°F and below) and over watering can cause the crown of many bromeliads to rot. Also, plants subjected to mechanical injury, insects or sunburn may be invaded by one of ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/bromeliad-diseases-overview Bromeliad Plant Family Insects Information Overview Few insects bother bromeliads, and those that do can be controlled. A number of scale insects attack bromeliads. Appearing as small round or oval objects on the leaves, scale insects multiply rapidly. They make plants unsightly by producing yellow spots on the leaves where the ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/bromeliad-insects-overview Cryptanthus have been crossed with Billbergia and the resulting hybrids are intermediate in habit between the two genera. One of the most common in cultivation, probably because it is so easy to grow, is X Cryptbergia rubra. It forms a stiff rosette about 9 inches (23cm) across of 20-30 hard, recurving, ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/x-cryptbergia-bromeliad-hybrid The genus Quesnelia is very similar to Billbergia, forming somewhat stiff, upright rosettes and being just as easy to grow. However, most Quesnelia have spine-edged and spine-tipped leaves and are less attractive as houseplants for this reason. The species most often seen is Quesnelia have spine-edged and spine-tipped leaves and are ... http://www.bromeliads.info/archives/quesnelia-bromeliad-genus