Re: Bromeliad....Aechmea

Hey David....is this your bloom?? 
_http://bromeliadsocietyhouston.org/gallery/index.html_ (http://bromeliadsocietyhouston.org/gallery/index.html)     If 
so, that's Aechmea gamosepala, it's one of the easiest bromeliads  to grow 
outside.  It is a very prolific grower and bloomer.  Great  mounted or potted.  You 
can stick this thing into any crouch of a tree, or  between branches, 
anywhere......it does well in sun, part shade, takes more  neglect than any other 
bromeliad it seems. Very hardy too, tolerated the 6  inches of snow on it's head 
this past winter.  True it was only overnight,  but still....I would have not 
thought it would rebound that well, in fact it  didn't even damage them.   I 
think the blooms are really unique  too, since in a way they look like baby 
rattles being so light blue and  pink.  A cutey, for sure!!!!   Seems in your 
climate you could  grow more outside....seems the morning fog would be the 
perfect humidity and  cover from full sun that they would need.  Neoregelias are 
probably the  only ones that would need more heat and full sun.  From what I hear 
these  are the only Bromeliads that folks in lower zones have difficulty 
with. 
 
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast
 
In a message dated 5/17/2005 10:05:28 AM Central Standard Time,  
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

Noreen,  good to see you again.  I am a huge fan of Bromeliads.  On our  
recent trip to Mexico we saw some high up in trees that were five feet  
across at least.  Almost like an eagles nest.  My best one lives  in my 
greenhouse here at home and I literally do nothing to it.  I  don't water, 
feed or anything else and it has a beautiful flower that is  pink with small 
blue dots.  It's constantly pupping.  I love the  idea of stashing them away 
with other plants.  I have some that are  hardy for this area and grow in the 
ground.  Really love  them.

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