I have the same problem with the hard leaf ones in the enclosed area...and i refuse to spend the money on the electric to get the air circulation up where it needs to be. Plus it makes the other plants unhappy for some reason

Lisa,if not quantity, surely Quality !
Really nice specimen there. One of the best I've seen of that species.Have you tried T.wagneriana,or other similar soft leaved ones?
bob

CORRECTION: on the above, it was in answer to bihai.
(sorry) bob

Oh yeah, MY Holy Grail of Tills. The one I CAN'T grow :-(
(if I drank, I'd be sobbin' in my beer right now)
Beautiful plant Bihai and an especially good photo angle of the spike. Bravo on a job well done! Those hard-leafed ones that give all you folks trouble? Keep 'em outta your greenhouses and in the outside air. Nothing will rot them faster than too much humidity. Sometimes you wonder why you see growers with them in THEIR houses. The turnover rate of stock is a lot faster than a collector's, plus they look healthier, hence more sales. Once outside they lose the greenhouse "stretched look" and revert to their normal appearance. For example, consider buying palms from Hawaii. When they arrive in the States they look awesome. Given time though they take on a more natural look, almost shrinking in size.

Gonzer, repeat after me:

The Mainland, the Mainland, the MAINLAND........ ;-)

Wasn't that a Clapton tune..."Mainland Florida, oh say!" No?
Oh yeah, "MainLINE Florida". Anyway you sing it, it's snot fair! I will say this; for being the king/queen of Till blooms, the plant itself is kind of ho-hum. (Not saying this jealously, it just is!) ;-)

yes you are correct Dr. G...the plant itself is very ho-hum. But who cares about the PLANT? Its the bloom we all live for, no? I find that a lot of bromelaids are ho-hum til they bloom. Orchids are ho-hum til they bloom. Most of the plant kingdom is ho-hum til it blooms. Its getting it to bloom that's worthwhile, for me, no matter what the plant is

Does your plant have the spotting on the leaves Bihai?
Someone a while back was offering them on fleabay, touting them as "easy to care for". :-o!
I didn't even know you had one. Oh yeah, got any more shots of the greenhouse?

Bihai said "most of the plant kingdom is ho-hum til it blooms." Yes. That's why we must collect lots of brash billbergias, vivid vrieseas and neon neoregelias to entertain us until everything else blooms!

"fleabay"...I like that!!!
I dunno, I will have to go look at the leaves!