Tropicals & Tender Perennials: I got some New Family too Exciting New Addiction, 1 by mellielong

mellielong wrote:
Allison,
Now that I've had my cup of tea...here's my bromeliad. It's not red and black yet. It was sitting in my office not getting very much sun. I felt bad for it so now it's come home for some good Florida sunshine. In the last two weeks or so it has really "reddened up". It was almost all green when I brought it home. When it was shipped to me it was much more uniformly red, but I haven't gotten it to get really dark yet. I guess it's better to be cautious about how much Florida sun to give a bromeliad! Looking at my photo though, I can really see how much it's changed. FYI, the pot it's in is about 11 inches across . I need to plant it outside in my bromeliad garden, but it's sooo hot outside. It's so humid this morning I had to keep wiping the camera lens to get a decent picture!

By the way, Michael's Bromeliads advertises their plants as being half-grown, and I must say that when I got mine it was about half the size it is now. I've bought pups that were much smaller. I noticed Bromeliad World is showing out of stock on the pemiento.

Hope this helps. As my pemiento changes colors, I'll try and remember to post some more pictures.
Melanie