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Raising Bromeliads from Seed
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- Written by Gerry Stansfield
Bromeliad seed, is referred to as tropical seed, i.e. similar to anthurium, and crotons etc, and we are talking about the three subfamilies here. There are some special requirements for their successful germination...
Bromeliad Pollination and Hybridisation
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- Written by Gerry Stansfield
In my first article I talked about collecting brom seed and what to look for, i.e. what do the seed of the various genera look like?
Mounting Bromeliads
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- Written by Odean Head
Mounting plays such an important role in the displaying of our beautiful bromeliads. After all, there are very few plant families that have plants that will grow as epiphytes so we need to take advantage of this capability in our displays.
Flowers on Demand…
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- Written by Gerry Stansfield
The ability and knowledge to make certain plants burst into flower at specific times of the year by using hormonal chemical substances is well known. Back in the early 60s this procedure was in its infancy ...
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