Australian and New Zealand Gardening: BROMELIADS FOR NOVICES & ADDICTS - NOVEMBER 2012, 2 by ianperry

ianperry wrote:
Hi all, rain threatened this afternoon so I went and watered and rain cleared out. Cleaned out some more rubbish and then it was dark.
I was told by a grower that I could buy any pup as long as there were 2 or more. I understand that this could be so that if the parent plant died the 1st pup could replace it. If I didn't have that pup then I would have no back up. Would this principle be correct?
Have a good one
Ian
Pic 1 Ae fendleri or is it. The flowers look wrong to me.
Pic 2 Ae Bert or fosteriana
Pic 3 Ae fasciata primers doing a vr style of pupping, it is different to what normally occurs.
This plant with dutch/ german tag forbidding propogation. It even has EU Patent #4712 an NL patent # a USA plant patent # and a USA patent# I guess this confirms Nevs suspicions .
It also has flyspec scale that I have just treated, I didn't see it this afternoon