I got this huge pot at a yard sale for 5 bucks. I have no idea which Bromeliad it is tho. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance. That pot is so full....you can barely touch the sides of pot with a finger. How would I thin it out properly? OR should I leave it alone. It already has 5 new blooms on it. Pretty weeping flowers pink with green and blue in them.
A Billbergia, but difficult to say which (there are hundreds of hybrids). A closeup of the influorescence might help.
Dividing is a personal preference. You can grow one offset, or a whole bunch as you now have.
Dave.
I will get pictures of the open flowers this weekend. I really like this new pretty.
Thanks for the name Dave, it gives me someplace to start. I have decided not to decide about thinning them out at this point. I will learn more and them decide what I think is best.
hey Moofiepoo! Nice buncha broms.
I bought a bunch last week too!
I think mine are Guzmanias or vrieseas.
I paid a bit more for mine, but I got 15 pups after seperating, and will grow on, let them flower and pup, then sell some for at least $5 each, and will more than make my money back, and have some plants left for myself.
No flowers on mine alas! but I think a bargain anyway!
I wish I lived in your neck of the woods, that plant you bought would have cost over here 60 legs and 100 arms, lol, great buy, I bought today something that look like a bromeliad, can't tell what it is, and it was 2 for 6$, however, nothing as big as what you got, congrats on your buy! Clemen
IT has bloomed and WOW what a show....5 or 6 of these weeping flowers hanging and showing off. I have decided not to divide it, I am told it will bloom as long as it is tight in the pot. I am going to take some from the outer edges and leave it alone. I would never have dreamed these very unusual flowers and colors. Very pretty indeed.
I would say being tight in the pot isn't necessarily a good blooming indicator. Stongly growing, mature plants will usually bloom regularly. (Some Bromeliads seem to be "day-length" bloomers.)
Dave.
These flowers last a few days. I am just learning about Bromeliads. So I will listen to all and learn. It might be because of the maturity of the plant. I am thinking it is happy, so I should let it be. At least for now.
Thanks.
