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Title: new flower on my billbergia (bromeliads)
Post by: windygale on December 24, 2006, 17:42:57
hi all, things are starting to move, look for the red spike
(http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9039/indoorsplantsfk3.th.jpg) (http://img160.imageshack.us/my.php?image=indoorsplantsfk3.jpg) click on image for a bigger view
windy ;)
Title: Re: new flower on my billbergia (bromeliads)
Post by: ipt8 on December 25, 2006, 16:02:04
Just bought a similar bromleiad but un-named from Marks nd Spencers as a present. It is in a gel in a glass container with instructions to give a few table spoons of tap water every few weeks.

Can this be put in a pot and if so what is it potted into?

My guess is they grow in forks of trees so a bark and grit compost?????
Title: Re: new flower on my billbergia (bromeliads)
Post by: windygale on December 25, 2006, 17:06:55
hi ipt8, as you can see i find them easy to grow and propagate, i use a bark compost, this time of year i dont give them much water, once a month (if they are lucky) a drop down the middle, i place them on a south facing window sill, with a piece of paper or netting to keep the cold off of them at nights,
(http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9357/indoorsplants1wt7.th.jpg) (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=indoorsplants1wt7.jpg) (http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1646/indoorsplants002ug9.th.jpg) (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=indoorsplants002ug9.jpg) (http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/4973/indoorsplants001tl9.th.jpg) (http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=indoorsplants001tl9.jpg)
hope this helps
windy
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