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  • Answered by
    Heather on
    April 17, 2011
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    It sounds as though your bromeliad has finished blooming and is now entering the natural process of dying. After a bromeliad has bloomed, it will never bloom again, though the green leaves can hold on for some time. Also, after a bromeliad has bloomed, it will produce pups that can be removed once they get to be a few months old. These can be replanted and they will bloom in about a year or so.

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  • Answered by
    Nikki on
    May 23, 2011
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    This article may help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/bromeliad/watering-bromeliads.htm

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    clutterbuns on
    February 23, 2012
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    No your not expecting too much. It is quite normal for the parent plant to die off and several pups to emerge from the base. When they mature they should all produce a colorful pink bloom although maybe not all at the same time. It sounds like your caring for it properly by keeping water in the center cup at all times. Just make sure you don't keep the soil soggy. Let it dry out between waterings. They absorb water from the air so since it is dry indoors it would help to spray or mist it daily if you can. I hope I helped. Good growing, Brenda

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    Nikki on
    May 14, 2012
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    Yes, you can let is spend summers outdoors, but I would bring it back inside once temps begin to drop in autumn for overwintering. This article should help with caring for your plant: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/bromeliad/growing-bromeliad-plants.htm

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    marj57 on
    October 22, 2014
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    thank you very much for the answer to my question and i really appreciate your help.

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    theficuswrangler on
    October 14, 2014
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    I'm gathering that your bromeliad is potted. The problem is easy - you shouldn't keep the cup of potted bromeliads full of water. In fact, you shouldn't put water into the cup at all. Water your brom on the soil surface, and treat it like a cactus. I know the information available always tells you to keep the cup full, but that only applies to outdoor plants. All the people in the interior landscaping industry learned this the hard way when we first started using bromeliads extensively some 20 years ago. All bromeliad growers and articles say to water the cups, but if you do that indoors, the plants inevitably get rot and die.

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    Nikki on
    November 21, 2014
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    A potting medium for orchid plants normally works well for these. Here is more information on caring for this plant: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/bromeliad/growing-guzmania-bromeliads.htm

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    theficuswrangler on
    November 30, 2014
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    If there are just a few leaves lying on the ground, you might want to cut them off, or maybe just the part that's touching the ground. If there are lots of leaves, mounding some mulch under them sounds like a good idea. I don't think there are any hard and fast rules - just do what feels right. This article has some more info on growing pineapple bromeliads. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/bromeliad/growing-variegated-pineapples.htm

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