These kinds of plants live in air, obsorbing everything they need to grow from the air, so "air", or more specific, air circulation is very important to them.
I hang them outside so they can enjoy as much rain and sunshine as they can. It has been merely a year and now they are blooming.
Just like other bromeliads, blooming sets the ending of the mother tilly's life. I'm expecting pups now.
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Wow Ha Xuan, this is one interesting plant! Btw, like other bromeliads, they only blooms one time but I didn't know that the plant will die too after blooming. I hope the pups will grow faster then :-)
I'm glad these are rewarding you with blooms ;) I especially like the red/purple one! How long will they last?
They don't last very long, Lynn. Each bloom lasts for one to two days, depending on the weather, I guess. But then the "stalk" (?) has many "buds" (?) so you have blooms every day. Glad you like it.
Steph: the mother plant will eventually die down. But sometime it can stay on for quite a while.
By the way, I have one pup on the Bulbosa, two on the Butzii, one two on the Ionantha already... :-o).
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