I thought this post was about my cousin! Has that plant flowered? If it has it might be on its last leg. I have seen that before, but only on older bloomed out plants. I hope it pups for you.

Very funny, Bambi! And I thought this post was about an embarrassing overdraft.....

Patusho,
Did your Gangly William pig out on excess fodder at some stage of his adolescence? Might explain the slack attitude (of leaves)

Cheers,
Kerry

bambi, it has yet to flower and hope it pups for me sooner than later.

kerry, not sure how the fertilization was on this one when younger but that might be since I haven´t fertilized it at all. I do only use rainwater on it, though.

Thank you both

What about light levels, Patusho? Broms will get softer and floppier in lower light. It doesn't look bad. I don't think it's "on it's last leg" at all!

I didn't think it looked that bad either, but it was a possiblity. It might well be the light, but I have never seen it in Bills like that, maybe its just a floppy plant.

Are the leaves bent or creased?

it´s under 75% shadecloth, still lots of light to get color and don´t loose variegations, etc. (most broms won´t handle 60% or less here in semiarid 24ºN), lisa, and my other broms aren´t either floppier or softer, just this one.

my others billbergias grow normally (pipe shape). arribella´s the faster bill grower I got, though. I like it also, but knew there´s something weird about it.

bambi, the leaves aren´t creased, they just hung in that funny way. =D

thank you all for clarifying about this one. cheers.

I noticed a similar Bill at Dennis Cathcart's Tropiflora.. online early this morning..a real pretty thing.I like the look..

I thought this post was about a duck with a crooked smile...