It might be for the people walking next to them.
Barb

Barbcoleus ! I am not talking Puya or Bromelia, I was more interested in the effects of salt and chlorine on the genera mentioned.

I cant help you on this question as the only salt tolerant one I grow is Neo. cruenta and some of its crosses.. this lil guy takes alot of abuse. Natural habitat is sandy Brazilian beaches

Yes, Neo. cruenta is a toughie, and Ae. blanchetiana is another one that is a Brazilian beach native and can take the salt spray. Most others would probably not be too happy with it, but how much splash are they going to be getting? I'm guessing that of the genera you mention the Vrieseas might be the most sensitive. I know Guzmanias don't like salt at all.

As far as chlorine, I really don't know how much they can take.

Just out of curiosity, why do you have a chlorinated salt water pool? Is it a swimming pool or a pond? How close were you planning to put the broms?

Chris , seen a pool in Cairns totally surrounded with all types of broms , protection from var. trees and palms , all seem to be doing fine , but no kids doing bombs . Will check and see if its a salt pool .

I understand that your concern was whether the chemicals would harm the plants. Some of those plants have spines and I wondered how close you were going to put them to the pool and would people walking around the pool get scratched.
Barb

Barbcoleus,
Yep some do have barbs....not nice. That would also be a factor in selection of suitable species/cv.

Hi Michael.... My kids are 30 something. Hard to even get them to swim these days !
Cheers

Many of the resorts and theme parks in Central Florida (Orlando area in particular) have a lot of bromeliads growing as lithophytes around their chlorinated swimmimg pools. You know, they build the huge 20-30 ft waterfalls going into the pools and drape them with orchids and broms and whatnot to amaze and delight the tourists from colder climes. The prettiest most well done one I have ever seen is at the Grand Floridian (we go and stay about twice a year in one of the Orlando resorts, even though we only live 2 hours away, because we take our daughter on a sleepover/theme park weekend with a friend a couple times a year for her birthday and as a reward day for grades, and we are usually able to get a really good Florida Native rate...otherwise it'd be WAY too 'spensive). The chlorine does not seem to bother the plants.
They have a lot of really nice landscaping at the Discovery Cove park (the sister park to Seaworld that has the dolphin swims and whatnot) and that is all salt water, but I can't remember things like bromeliads being right up by the pools in that location.