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Name: Sherri Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b)              sunkissed Mar 3, 2021 9:35 AM CST |
| Time for a March bromeliad thread, we came from here.... The thread "February 2021" in Bromeliads forum Bunches of bromeliads crammed into my tiny garden.  |
Name: Alice St. Johns, FL (Zone 9a)          ardesia Mar 3, 2021 10:25 AM CST |
| Looking good! Thanks for starting the new thread. Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open. |
Name: Sherri Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b) sunkissed Mar 5, 2021 7:16 AM CST |
| Weather has been so nice, the colors of the bromeliads with the warm days and cool nights is making for a beautiful display in the garden. Billbergia 'Strawberry'  Neoregelia Donger (pink) and N. Popoki (yellow/green)  Aechmea 'JC superstar'  Billbergia 'Simpatico'  |
Name: Scott Tampa FL (Westchase)        ScotTi Mar 6, 2021 4:58 PM CST |
Noticed today that my Aechmea caudata 'Patches' is going to flower soon.    |
Name: Sherri Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b) sunkissed Mar 7, 2021 6:45 AM CST |
Nice looking Aechmea Scott, thanks for the nut too.  |
Name: TK Ontario, Canada (Zone 6b)    Macrocentra Mar 7, 2021 10:36 AM CST |
| Beautiful Bromeliads! I always get kinda jealous browsing these threads and seeing the beautiful plants posted. I hope I can have a nice bromeliad garden one day. My climate just doesn't work for them... That, and it's near impossible to find different bromeliad species in my area. It's always the same two kinds. Nothing fancy. I do have a few. But bromeliads can get kind of awkward to house indoors given their width.  |
Name: Sherri Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b) sunkissed Mar 7, 2021 12:07 PM CST |
Macrocentra said:Beautiful Bromeliads! Yeah but you can grow tulips, I love tulips. |
Name: Alice St. Johns, FL (Zone 9a) ardesia Mar 7, 2021 12:16 PM CST |
...and peonies and lilacs, etc......  Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open. |
Name: Scott Tampa FL (Westchase) ScotTi Mar 7, 2021 1:23 PM CST |
Macrocentra said:Beautiful Bromeliads! There are many small growing types of Bromeliads, that would easily sit on a windowsill. Here is Neoregelia 'White Hot Embers' for example that is growing in a 4" orchid basket.  Do you have a favorite color or type of Bromeliad? |
Name: Sherri Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b) sunkissed Mar 9, 2021 7:44 AM CST |
| @Macrocentra Scot's right, there are smaller bromeliads that with good light and some humidity you can grow them inside, I'm sure you can even use grow lights to obtain the nice coloring. Are you able to order bromeliads through the mail there in Canada? The Skotak's mini bromeliads don't produce offsets as fast as some mini's do, they'd be more manageable indoors. I have many of these small Skotak's and they can take some pretty cold temperatures, even into the 30's. This one is also in a 4 inch orchid basket, I've had it for well over two years, nice small size. Skotak C, Beach E NEOREGELIA 'Aventura'  |
Name: TK Ontario, Canada (Zone 6b) Macrocentra Mar 9, 2021 5:23 PM CST |
| I'd have to look around some more. I don't often see a variety of species for sale anywhere though. A have a few bigger ones indoors. They just take up a lot of room. No specifics in terms of favorites. Though I always like nice stripes and spots on them.  That Neo is quite pretty though! |
Name: Scott Tampa FL (Westchase) ScotTi Mar 14, 2021 5:04 PM CST |
Macrocentra said:I'd have to look around some more. I don't often see a variety of species for sale anywhere though. A have a few bigger ones indoors. They just take up a lot of room. Are Billbergias seen in your area? Many interesting Billbergia hybrids that do not have a upright growth habit without a large leafspread.     |
Name: Scott Tampa FL (Westchase) ScotTi Mar 14, 2021 8:07 PM CST |
Here is a interesting Neoregelia that I am keeping a close eye on as it grows but looks nothing like what I was expecting.  |
Name: Sherri Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b) sunkissed Mar 15, 2021 6:30 AM CST |
ScotTi said:Here is a interesting Neoregelia that I am keeping a close eye on as it grows but looks nothing like what I was expecting. What is it? |
Name: Sherri Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b) sunkissed Mar 15, 2021 6:32 AM CST |
Bunches of bromeliads  |
Name: Karen New Mexico (Zone 8a)          plantmanager Mar 15, 2021 6:19 PM CST |
| Beautiful, Sherri! I have a lot of broms, but they are sitting in the greenhouse waiting for summer. I wish they could be planted outdoors. Handcrafted Coastal Inspired Art SeaMosaics! |
Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change      dyzzypyxxy Mar 15, 2021 10:25 PM CST |
| I have a lot of broms, too. I just need to collect them all up and make them into a proper display so I can see what they're doing. Today I was out watering randomly with the hose. This nice Aechmea fasciata has been living on a stump for at least 3 years, and was all full of oak leaves plus had some gnarly looking dead leaves attached. I gave a gentle pull, and the whole thing came away including a large section of the stump (and a large number of ants, I might add . . . ) Two adult plants that I think have both bloomed, and there are at least 3 nice looking pups. Now to figure out where to place it and how, so it will grow into a luxurious display clump.    Elaine "Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill |
Name: Sherri Winter Springs, FL (Zone 9b) sunkissed Mar 16, 2021 6:04 AM CST |
| Nice healthy looking Aechmea there Elaine. They do well with filtered sun, those ants do like bromeliads. I have been cleaning out leaves, first the blower and then the hose to get them really clean, those fussy oak flowers are still falling and making such a mess. |
Name: Scott Tampa FL (Westchase) ScotTi Mar 16, 2021 5:37 PM CST |
| Sherri, I purchased 2 early last summer as Neoregelia 'Groves Puppy Love' as small pups. Both have the same coloration at this time. It may be one of the Neoregelias that will color better in warmer temperatures.   |
Name: Alice St. Johns, FL (Zone 9a) ardesia Mar 17, 2021 8:51 AM CST |
Poor old mother Magali, she just hangs in there producing more pups. There are four young ones coming along this time. It is hard not to compost one when they look this bad but have patience.  Neo 'Plever' has colored up nicely and I like the look in spite of the bird poop. (I need to groom more before I take pictures.)  Minds are like parachutes; they work better when they are open. |
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