Bromliad help?

hatfam · 05-03-2009, 09:31 AM

My wife and I purchased our first bromeliads. 2 of them are "upright" bromeliads (thats all the tag said), the other was very short and spread out more. Any way I watered them and I guess water was left standing in the flower part of the short one. The flower is now covered in mold. Any ideas how to get rid of the mold without killing the plant?

Thanks
Tom

lorax · 05-03-2009, 11:18 AM

The flower will kill the plant - that's a natural part of the bromeliad life cycle. So don't worry about the mold unless it spreads to the young pups to the sides of the mother plant. Personally, I'd clip the flower stalk and chuck it in the compost at this point.

island cassie · 05-05-2009, 12:15 AM

Oooh! Beth you are so cruel ( but I agree with you! lol) My other half tries to save lost causes - whereas I just compost them! In England he always wondered why there were so many empty pots behind the garden shed - now he knows!!
Just looking at this native flowering for the first time - rescued from a cut d

down tree.

Be very interesting to see what it turns out to be.

lorax · 05-05-2009, 12:22 AM

Looks like a Tillandsia.

island cassie · 05-05-2009, 12:26 AM

Tog Tan · 05-05-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by hatfam

My wife and I purchased our first bromeliads. 2 of them are "upright" bromeliads (thats all the tag said), the other was very short and spread out more. Any way I watered them and I guess water was left standing in the flower part of the short one. The flower is now covered in mold. Any ideas how to get rid of the mold without killing the plant?

Thanks
Tom

I agree with Lorax on cutting off the flower. With it off, it will help the plant to generate more pups, at least that's the good thing. Flowering of the brom signifies the end of its life and the generation of pups, so it's no big deal with the flower off. In my experience, depending on the species, they will take 1-2 yrs to die after flowering. In most cases, during this time, as the pups get big enough, you can clip them off for repotting. The mother plant will keep on producing more pups. I found that if I leave the pups on, the mother plant only produces a limited number of pups.

Cassie, your plant looks like the Tillandsia vivipara. 80% sure which means I am 20% wrong

island cassie · 05-05-2009, 01:33 PM

Haha! Thanks Tog and Lorax.

SoBe Musa · 06-24-2010, 08:23 PM

Brought them from Tallahassee,FL yesterday I thinks is Spanish Moss and some type of epiphyte Bromeliad..How can i grow it? how about in my Mango ? Is it crazy...i
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Dean W. · 06-25-2010, 04:58 AM

The one on the right is called ball moss. At least here it is.

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