Obtain offshoots of bromeliads
Bromeliads only bloom once, so either throw away your plant when it finishes or worry in time for the offspring by replanting the offshoot that forms on the bromeliad and continuing cultivate.
The bromeliad is related to the pineapple, but instead of a fruit it forms a beautiful large flower. The last phase of her life begins with this flowering. Then the plant dies, but at the same time forms kindles, which in turn develop into new plants and produce a beautiful flower.
Proper care of the bromeliads
Bromeliads come in a variety of varieties with different flower colors. Most of them originally come from the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.
- Bromeliads love light, but don't like the blazing midday sun so much. It is therefore best to place your plant near a window facing east or west. You can cope well with high humidity, so you can safely put your bromeliad in the bathroom.
- You should always keep the soil in the flower pot moist, but the plant mainly supplies itself with the water that you pour into the leaf funnel above. The bromeliads also use this funnel in the wild to collect rainwater in it, so make sure that you always refill in good time. So that no unsightly lime stains appear on the leaves after watering, it is best to only use rainwater for this.
- The potting soil for bromeliads should be coarse and permeable so that no water can accumulate. The orchid substrate, which you can buy ready-made in stores, is well suited for this.
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How to pull offshoots
- Towards the end of the flowering period, offshoots, so-called Kindel, form on bromeliads, with which you can propagate the plant.
- You should leave such an offshoot on the mother plant until it has completely faded or until it has reached a size of about ten centimeters. As soon as the offshoot has formed a funnel, you should also pour it more intensely from above.
- When it is big enough, you can cut it off together with the roots with a sharp knife and plant it in a new pot.
- Generally, it takes about a year for an offshoot of a bromeliad to flower on its own. If you want to speed up this process a bit, you can put the bromeliad in a plastic bag and put a ripe apple inside. The apple emits the gas ethylene, which is responsible for ripening in fruits and which supports the formation of flowers in the bromeliads.
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