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Posted: Feb/15/2009 10:31 AM PST
Help! Can anyone identify this? My office building was giving away these plants - I love it so much! It's so unique but I don't know how to take care of it! It has a really, really thick palm -like base and leaves that have a white coating. It has just the one large pink flower bulb. It's still in the temporary plastic pot but I can tell by the enormous base that it needs to be in a bigger pot! I don't want it to die but I have no idea what it needs, i.e. water, light, tips, etc. Thanks Attachments:  |
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Posted: Feb/15/2009 10:54 AM PST
http://gardening.about.com/od/houseplants/ig/House plants/Bromeliad.htm It is some sort of bromeliad! Very pretty! |
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Posted: Feb/15/2009 5:03 PM PST
It is a bromeliad-I can't recall the name of this one immediately, but they are easy care for plants. Keep the "vase" part of the plant filled with water. Not necessary to fertilize. Bright light, but not full sun (early morning or late evening is ok). When the mother plant "blooms", the bloom lasts for a long time. When it dies, that part of the plant will begin to die also, but, it will put out a "Pup" at its base. When the pup has started to get some size on it, you can cut that part of the plant off, and re-pot or Just leave alone (like I do) until the old portion really looks bad, and then cut off the old portion. Pot shallowly (I use heavy pebbles/rock on the surface of mine to keep the plant from tipping over.)It gets all of its nutrients from the vase. They are "prickly" and pretty much prefer to be left alone. |
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Posted: Feb/16/2009 5:36 PM PST
Thank you so much! This helps so much.  My plant already has a "pup" I think, it sort of started a new "branch" at the base - like a "v". Thanks again! |
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Posted: Feb/16/2009 8:38 PM PST
Google Aechmea...I think that's what you've got there. Be careful not to water the soil in the pot very much--the roots are mostly to anchor it in place and will rot. (some water will leak out of the center, so it's not a problem to get the soil slightly moist from time to time.). I got one from Lowe's for a dollar because the plants had been overwatered and the roots had rotted on most of them...I picked the one that still seemed to be well anchored into it's pot. Also, they like humidity--I like to start cuttings in a vase full of marbles and stand the vase next to my own bromeliad; as the water evaporates it raises the humidity a bit. I also spritz my plants with a mist bottle (Um, Okay, so it's a $1 spray bottle from the cleaning area of a Dollar store--the plants aren't complaining!). |
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Posted: Feb/28/2009 8:53 PM PST
This plant is AECHMEA FASCIATA, known as Silver Vase Bromeliad or Urn Plant. |
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