11/11/2026
I’m not sure what it is about bromeliads but they seem to be downing in mystism. I’m constantly asked by customers if what their hear about bromeliads is true. “Is it true that big spines and thick leaves mean it can take full sun? If it true that if you want roots they die? Do dangerous mosquitos breed in them?” Are a few common myths I get a lot, but I often hear much wilder ones too. The truth is the rules for growing most bromeliads are very straight foreword. The confusing thing is that various types of bromeliads have different growth parameters. So following methods your neighbor might have told you they use to grow a guzmania, could quickly get your dyckia killed. The trick to growing bromeliads isn’t a trick at all. It’s simply knowing what kind of bromeliad you have, and where to put it. Once you do that, it will do the rest. You see despite all the fuss people make about these plants they’re incredibly easy to grow, most of them relentless resist death. There’s some that you can rip out of the ground, chop the roots off, chop the leaves off, step on them, and throw what’s left into the woods, and they will keep growing and be fine. While there’s others that if they even touch the ground they’ll die. There’s some that can survive frost and blaring desert sun, droughts and floods, and some that can’t tolerate any of that. So really being good at growing bromeliads is just knowing which bromeliads to grow in the conditions you have available.
