The pups will easily flower if you put the plant outside under a shaded tree during summers. All plants benefit tremendously from this healing period where they heal themselves out in nature. I've had mine for 17 years and during summers I place it under my birch tree in the garden where it is sufficiently shaded from the sun but still gets moderate amounts of sun. I've never fed it because the summer garden healing does wonders for it.
I rescued a huge pot of that bromeliad and I just set it on my front porch and leave it alone.... its been 3 years now and has earned a spot on my favorite plants list
I bought one of these for my frog vivarium a few years ago, I'm now on my 3rd generation of pups from that first plant. I water occasionally (into the "urn" of the plant) with water from the frog tank itself and it's directly under both a plant growth LED (arcadia jungle dawn) and a reptile UVB light and it tolerates that high light very well. I'll be honest I often completely forget to water it for months at a time and the leaves will welt and remind me it needs some love, springs back to life very quickly after a water. Not a green thumb at all so very pleased with this seemly very hardy, no fuss plant
As I was given this plant as a gift but it came with no name. It took awhile to track it down as I thought I would repot it. Thankfully I found you video, i'm not going to touch it now! As i grow a few Air plants I now understand why It was given to me, and its beautiful leaves will look amazing with my collection So thank you I now I know how to care for it. The flower is just lovely, excited to seeing that ☺
Thanks for all the useful info. I have two pups on mine, but they never flowered. I also didn't know about not watering the roots like a regular houseplant. I will use your helpful information and maybe we'll have flowers on the pups. Thanks for this video!
I have a beautiful Aechmea fasciata with 10 pups! I'm a novice with plants but in the past year I've collected and kept 30 plants alive! I'm diving into cross pollination and propagation. Anyway, I'm going to separate my pups but I was wondering if I cut off some pups and left the mother plant as is, will it produce more pups? Thanks for the video!
Hi Britt, It sounds like you're doing really well with your 30 plants! Let me know how you get on with the cross polination project, that sounds really interesting. I'm not sure if the mother will produce more pups after you separate them, I have only done it with a Guzmania Bromeliad and the mother didn't produce any further pups. Andy
@@HouseplantHacks thanks for your reply Andy! Babies are off to their new pot! After separating them all turns out I have 13 pups with a new one coming. I'm pretty shocked and excited. Hopefully momma will continue to produce pups. Take care 😊
They don't always die after flowering. I've had mine for 3 years and 11 pups. She still looks good and #11 is still with her. I ignored those who told me to toss he'd as she was still pretty after the first 4 pups. Glad I did. 11 pups later she's hanging in there and her legacy will carry on. I urge you to try one of these as they don't disappoint.
Hello again. In reference to previous comments and questions I have asked you: if you recall, my 4 yo achmea that has reared 11 pups over 3 years is nearing its end. The current # 11 pup still remains with her but son to be separated. My question concerns the other pups. A few a struggling. A few have their own pups ! My instinct as a plant guy tells me they shoukd be repotted a size up to 6" pots. They have never been repotted after their initial separation from the mother, and I believe maybe they should have especially bc a few are skinny, with very little 'cup' development or none at all. I'd be happy to forward pics if it'll help. I need a bit of guidance here even though I believe myself to be quite experienced and knowledgeable concerning houseplants, gardening and bonsai. But we all require assistance now and then. Let me know. I appreciate any help you can offer. Thank you. Tom.
Please do send over some photos to @houseplanthacks on instagram and I'll be interested to take a look, if they are growing strongly then they should be fine, being an eppiphyte they don't need as much root space as normal houseplants.
Thanks so much for this informative video! Do you think that the soil is actually necessary or could I remove mine from the soil and secure it another way?
I got one for $9.99 cdn from a store called Canadian Tire. It has a pup growing off, the both had no water, but dry soil. Gave them a drink in the pitchers. How do I tell if it’s flowered or not?
If it has already flowered in it's lifetime it wont re-flower I'm afraid, they only flower once whenmature then start to make offsets these may flower once big enough but it takes time.
Hi. Very informative video but where can I find your video on aechmea pup care, ie soil preference, light considerations, etc. I have a 3+ yo aechmea fasciata that has reared 10 pups in 3 years. After 7 months of no more pups i thought she was done but she's still a beautiful plant so i ignored ppl telling me to toss her out. And today i see # 11 pup. The first 8 are mostly doing well although not quite rooted perfectly as they still wobble in their 4" pots. They are in a south window, and I water the cups 1x week, are in an orchid bark perlite mix. But I'm seeing some contradicting information about soil for pups and light. The other 2 are on a lower shelf, south window and likewise doing well at about 6 months old. # 11 still tiny and still with the mother. Should I be watering the soil more than 1x month and not the cups? Slightly less light? I'd appreciate any information you could provide. I can send pics if you want. Thanks. Tom B. Pittsburgh PA USA
Wow 11 pups is amazing! I think Orchid bark and perlite is fine for these and your watering sounds ok, as you already have some pups separaely I would consider keeping #11 with Mom just to see if there is any differemce in progress, my pups are slow to mature. Maybe keeping with the mother helps them mature faster, I'm experimenting with this at the moment and will make a video when I find out more.
Thanks for the reply. I will keep #11 with the mother as I did with all.pups until they were about 1/3 the height of the mother. Great to hear that the early information I applied is sound. They all.look pretty good. A few a a bit thinner than most without a cup to speak of yet but I still put a little distilled water in them each week. They are also all on humidity trays which I believe helps. I'll leave them all in the 4" clay pots they were first placed in until such time they require more room. It's a long process and an exercise in patience but it's rewarding that my 1st ever bromilead given to me by my son 3 years ago has produced so many offspring. Now just care as usual and in some time I hope they'll mature enough to flower and give a few away to those who appreciate them. Thanks again and I did subscribe and will watch more of your informative videos. Cheers from Pittsburgh PA. Tom B.
Hi, Thanks for the Video, Mine flowered for 6 months and has just died off, it has 2 well formed Pups, should I keep watering it in the original Urn or directly into the Urn of the Pups,
Do the pups always start from the outside base of the mum? Mine finished blooming but there is new growth coming from her center next to the dead flower bit. I'm wondering if that is just her new growth or a pup. Thanks.
Hey Mr. Mouse, how'd you like the Bromalaid video today? I don't know, I think it kind of looks like a plant monster with that pink head and the two arms coming out the sides. Mr. Mouse, I think that's your own fault cuz you've been watching too many episodes of Lost in Space. Yeah. Well if it does attack just put your forcefield stands up and align them and you'll be ok. Sounds good, I'm just going to go back inside the Jupiter II and see if Will has the rayguns all put together just in case. Ok, see you later. 🕳 🐀((((((((((
