Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #122, 1 by dyzzypyxxy

dyzzypyxxy wrote:
Deb, on your bromeliad, as Rita says, it is normal for a mother plant to slowly peter out. Once they look scruffy, I do cut them out, or separate the pups when they have a stem and roots. Broms bloom only once from each rosette of leaves, then make babies and the big plant slowly declines. Even pineapples do the same, but they're very prolific in making pups, and the mother plants can last a year or two after fruiting.

Here's my Black Chanterii mama with a new pup. I separated two fairly big pups from her a couple of months ago, and see she's made a new one. Second pic shows how scruffy looking she's getting. Once she stops producing pups I'll roust her out.