Jack,

You would have to be happy with that.

Did you give it more/different fertiliser?

Thanks,

Rick

No Rick ,the damn thing did it all by itself after it made 2 big pups ,have no idea why ,and they may not grow well either ,time will tell , Jack

Jack

Congrats!
You could throw some slow-release fertilisers on the soil near the little pups to help them grow a little faster.

Hi everyone,

Jack that's a great achievement and a new innovation in mass production without using tissure culture.

However, c'mon Jack, we all know you're emptying the "jerry" on it every morning.

So thats what you think I do Nev, never thought of that ,I have not had this happen before ,did not think any Vriesea had that many groing points on the plant ,probably its a one of ,I like a few pups ,but this is a bit over the top me thinks ,Jack

wouldn't it be nice if it was vriesea 'Milky Way'?
BA

Hahaha ,my you are a tad greedy and hopefull arent you B.A ,but you are right ,all though the plant in question is Vr ' The Daintree ' wich is a top parent and a strong grower ,not all these pups will survive i feel .Jack

Hi Jack,

congrats! I have got something like this on a banana, Ensete maurelii, it usualy do not produce a signle sucker, the seed is the only way to reproduce it. Mine got damaged and started to produce suckers like mad. Why? I do not know.

Tomas

Hi Tomas ,where have you been , we have'nt from you for a while ,what's happening in your part of the world ? yes i dont know what caused this either , Jack

Well, Jack, I am here, waiting for spring, or better, for summer. We still have one and half month to go before it will be hot. Right now it's spring during the day and winter in the night, temperatures downt to 2-3°C. It's also time to see what will not make it through the winter, I am pulling the rotting centers of some of my broms, Aechmea aquilega, blanchetiana, most of my lueddemannianas, Werauhia sanguinolenta, no hope for these. All grown from seeds, so at least I have learned with them how to start from seed.

Your vriesea, it's question of hormons, a very complex question of interaction between them in a normal plant, here something went crazy.

Tomas