[pdfCrazy]

I got these Brom's at a local nursery today. All were labeled as "miscellaneous bromeliads", with no species or cultivar name. They were not the dime a dozen achmea fasciata, vriesa splendens, or Guzmania lingulata, so I picked them up at fairly decent prices. But, I'd like to know what I'm working with. The green Albomarginated one has got 3-4 near adult size stoloniferous pups on her....Those are gonna need to come off and go into my large Exo Terra build, any advice on where to cut the pup off? should I wrap it in spagnum? And then just tie with fishing line to my tree fern panels? All my broms in the past have just gotten placed into my tanks terrestrially. No experience mounting them epiphytically. If anyone needs to see more pics, or closer up or anything, lemme know. Thanks!!

 

[Pumilo]

Can't help you with types, but here are some pictorials on mounting them. Scroll down this thread. http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/plants/79872-bad-plant-order-good-deal-2.html

 

[KeroKero]

You may get some names that get close, but you're still not going to get solid IDs (you're talking tens of thousands of cultivars in addition to species, and hundreds are in mass culture) - I'm not even totally confident on saying what genera they are without flowers to give us a clue.

That being said as long as you don't care about having an exact name, looks like you got some very nice plants! Before they go anywhere near a frog tank make sure to remove all those water stains off them, hard to know if they are just from hard water or fertilizers - plus the plants will love you for getting off the crud getting in the way of them collecting light and respirating!

As for the pups... do you NEED to cut them off? Not enough people keep clumps of broms in their tanks IMO - even a variegated form is less busy and more "natural" in a tank all together than multiple different looking broms, and frogs love a good clump to hang out in. If it's purely for size, that's a bummer.

For cutting them off I'd go as close to the base of the Mother plant as you're comfortable getting. It should all be hard woody stock. This give you plenty of stolon to use to mount without risking getting close to the crown of the plant and damaging it. I would just mount it straight to the panels, and the best way to get the plant to grow directly to the panel would be to have the base of the plant against the panel which would also give you plenty of stolon to to use to hold it steady as well (tie it at a couple of spots on the woody stem makes it nice and secure, don't get too close to the base so you don't damage it). You'll want to have the plant as upright as possible to hold some water, and as the plant adapts it will learn to flare out more where there is light. With high humidity of most terrariums I would NOT put any moss around the base - you may just end up rotting the plant out. Where the crown (base) of the plant is in contact with the TF panel it will send out roots on it's own, and eventually support it's own weight. Make sure it's center always has water and it will be fine.

 

[Wim van den Berg]

I,m sure they are of the genus Neoregelia.As most of them ,they grow ,and stay compact and colourfull with lots of light. Less light will turn to less colour and long leafs......were to cut the stolon..... just left 1 inch . is enough.
The stolon can be removed and ,(before make a small hole in the treefern,or just place it close to it. No moss is needed just the stolon ,and something to hold it there? iron wire? my english is too poor sorry!