Aechmea Plant Care Tips: The Bromeliad W/ The Pink Flower That's Easy & Tough / Joy Us Garden
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- Bromeliads have rocked my world for many, many years so today I’m sharing the love - This is the 1st in a series of Bromeliad care videos.
I’m starting out with the Aechmea fasciata, aka Urn Plant or Silver Vase Plant, because this tropical beauty makes a great houseplant & is so easy to care for.
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Many years ago I was given a silver vase plant. One of the first things I read about it was that "it thrives on neglect", so it does really well at my house! I have mine in an eastern window and use cactus soil. I water it when I think of it, every couple of months or so probably, and fill up the tank then. I rarely put water in the tank in between waterings. Just about every year I get a huge beautiful bloom out of it that lasts several months. I leave all of the pups attached to it and remove the older dying ones. There are three or four plants in the pot at any given time. I don't have the greenest of thumbs, but this plant has been very easy and very successful for me, and I always get excited when I see that new blossom poking it's way up from the tank.
I'm learning about mine. They're planted in the Atrium where I live. Thank you. You're helpful.
I loved your video, Madam! So informative and entertaining. Your passion for plants is evident and you have a way of engaging the viewers’ attention with your charisma. It felt so authentic, more like listening to a story than watching a tutorial.
I got this plant as a gift last week and had no idea how to take care of it. So glad I came across your channel! Thank you!!! 🙏🏻💗
I have my first bromeliad the silver vase ! I love it. The flower is now fading and I’ve been nervous what to do. Your video saved me! And seeing all your collection is inspiring me to buy more and more. Question: I would really like to see how you cut away the dead mother plant and keep the pups in the same pot. ( mines in a nice pot) thank you !!
Thank you I just got my first Bromeliad Aechmea Fasciata and this was extremely helpful. I am learning about plants and truly enjoyed the information and your wonderful personality!
Hi Nell, wow, this vid is so timely for me. Visited Saughton winter garden in Edinburgh last weekend and saw the fab pink one in their greenhouse, did not know what it was but fell in love. Thanks and a big smile Tish.
Hi!!!! Getting one soon can’t waite! Just making sure I’m able to care for it and I feel a lot confident now that Iv watched your video thanks!!!💚💚💚💚💚
Thank you so much for this step by step on how to take care of my beautiful aachmea fasciata!!!! Im so excited! I did not know it is part of the orchid family....my absolute favorite flower💜💜I have subscribed and look forward to more on house plants!!
Hello from Northern California. I'm SO happy I found you! To finally find out what I have, and how to care for her! I bought her at a $3.oo.wilted plant sale. It had no info tags. Like me, the garden center person had ZERO plant knowledge. If not for you, I'd have definitely killed her. Thank you so much 💕
Excellent video, very thorough. Thank you.
Really interesting this was the plant that was at my sister's funeral I don't want this plant to die cause it means the world to me thank you for the help on how to care for this beautiful plant
Hi Nell!! I really needed to learn about these and ur so extensive in ur teachings ~ I've gained such a wealth of knowledge watching ur vids! I can't thank you enuf!! !..Big hugs to you and Oscar :D
that plant is so beautiful 😍
I have had these particular Bromolaids for more than 4 years.
The flowers are so beautiful.
But not one of my mother plants have died. They have had beautiful flowers. Their babies have been strong and beautiful. I take them from the mother and repot them.
But the mothers never die. They just keep giving me babies. They are happy plants.
Amazing and beautiful the mothers did not die! Good to know its possible
Thanks!!! Great info, I have one I got from my mother plant, I am waiting for it to bloom now for about a year and a half. It's indoors here in the winter and indirect light in the summer. I am in zone 6, Pa.
Thank you Diane. It takes at least 3 years for a pup to bloom so be patient. Nell
Thanks so much for the video. I was just gifted one of these for my 40th and was wanting to make sure I don’t kill it. 🇦🇺
Thank you, that helped a lot!
I just bought a silver vase plant!! Super excited. How was life being a interior plant scaper?
Thank you so much so helpful. I went to my local plant store to get help in order to plant the new little pup. They were telling me I do not need orchid potting mix or any spagnum moss they told me just to get regular dirt. They were so unhelpful did not know what they were talking about. Luckily I did my research I mixed with orchid soil plus regular. I also repotted the mother plant on their advice. Both plants are doing great!
Omg i literally just re-potted using regular soil cause the guy at my local nursery said to. I’m so mad. But I’m happy I found this video cause tomorrow I’ll re pot with cactus and orchid mix
Cat break I love it. Thanks
Many thanks for sharing I just bought one same colour today with very small pup. I don’t know if I should repot as it looks a bit sick I only bought it as it. Had the pup which is only very small. Top video.
Was a very interesting and entertain presentation
Hi Nell. These are such beautiful plants. I have always been a little intimidated about growing them, but I might give it a shot. Your kitty is so cute. Does he come out for awhile and then go back in? I have family who live in the desert, and you have to keep an eye on your pets because of the critters, but you no doubt already know that. Love your house plant series. :)
I'm glad you're enjoying the series because I'm really getting into houseplant again. Aechmeas are so easy & tough too - you should give 1 a try. Oscar is 18 & loves lying in the sun. Both of my kitties go outside a couple of times a day, never after dark & only when I'm home. My garden is walled in so I'm a bit protected here. Thank you for the word of warning though! Nell
I haven't been able to find your Vriesea series... Did you do one?
Woman you saved my aechmea fasciata! I’ve had mine for over two years and no new blooms and wasn’t sure why the original one died and why four new ones popped up. Now I understand that was the mother and then she had 4 pups! The pups are big now so I wonder if I can still cut and repot them. I also wasn’t sure with watering, was I watering to much or too little. Thanks for the advice!!
My sis and bro in law got me a beautiful b. Thk you help me a lote in yr video cant wait see want y have
Thank you you mentioned you live in the Desert? I want to use the Aechmea for my daughter's wedding in June 2020 she lives in AZ will they be OK with the heat?
I know that im super late! I just got my first plant, the same one in this video. but I want to know what this dustlike stuff is on the leaves? should i clean them or is it there to protect the plant?
Oh dear lord! The plant nursery guy told me it's kind of sansveria family. So I was treating it like a snake plant!
Thanks for the video. Till now it's healthy.flower thing is new to me
Got one of these and it was looking gorgeous. Started to flower and all inside facing south but not directly in window. Had only been watering at base but added some water to urn (dry climate). Repotted carefully. Assumed it hadn’t fully flowered as it had them perhaps a month didn’t think it was time yet for the flower stalk to die back. Not sure what or if did wrong (water? Burnt with light while repotting stuff outside?) but stem of flowering head fell over. Tried to gently splint it but continued to fall over in other places. Will cut main stalk and hope some pups show up. Lower leaves don’t have banding and don’t seem as robust as others. Fingers crossed!
Hi there! Thanks for the videos. I have recently started to get into plants back around December. In January I bought the Aechmea Fasciata and I love it. But I live in South Florida and we have no winters here. I had it in my east facing balcony but I was afraid that the sun was cooking it, so I brought it indoors. I regret not seeing this video sooner. My plant is planted in regular soil, has never been fertilized and I never even knew to put the water inside the "urn" until about 5 weeks ago. Despite all this, she has been a good plant and is making 2 pups! But the flower has dried away. What I'd like to know is if I should repot this plant, even as it's on it way to dying? And I also want to know if it's ok to return it to outdoors despite the fact that it's been used to being side for about 6-7 weeks. PS, I love bromeliads, and I also have a flaming sword and another pink one, whose name I do not know.
Just want to clarify, once my Silvervase has bloomed it's more or less on a downward spiral toward decay where it will regrow in spring off of the pups? Thanks for the video, it was super helpful.
Thank you for this! Is the white powder okay to keep on the plant?
Hi Nell, would removing the 'pups' prevent the mother-plant from dying? My aechmea's pups is growing at an awkward angle quite distanced from the center of the pot and I was wondering whether I should repot.
Hello Nell! I am new to plants, especially Bromeliads, this one is the one and the only bromeliad that i have, when i first picked it up, it had al these beautiful white markings like your plant does but over time all the markings have faded, do you know what could have caused this?
Oh no Nell, I started re-potting my new aechmea plant when I heard you said not to do it!!! So i stopped and put it back in the pot with orchid bark. The flower is about a quarter in bloom. I hope I haven't killed it.
Also, I had a bromeliad that I had gotten on clearance at Lowe's and the pups are about 5 inches, when I pulled them off there were no roots. :-( I potted them in peat moss and orchid bark. Should I do anything else?
good evening,i have just bought a bromeliad it the pink one like yours it has no flowers yet. look great ,i have been watching youtub on how to care for it,i have it indoors in a dark place.can i use a sun lamp ?. and how many hrs a day should it be on.thank you for your time.
Hi, thank you for your video ! I recently bought an urn plant, or Achaea. The flower leans quite a bit and I was curious as to why it does. When I purchased I, from a greenhouse, she told me to water every 2 days 1/3 cup onto soil. Well it got very wet so I stopped!! Now I’m hoping it’s not ruined it’s such a gorgeous plant. Can I repot this into proper soil just to dry it out a little? I have Orchid mix and can mix with a nicer soil. So far I only have 1 dead yellow leaf. Hoping you can help me . 😊
I started with 1 of these 6 years ago that had 4 pups. Since then I have had numerous pups, 13 that have bloomed. I have never planted any of them I keep them in a 1.6 inch basket ( air only ). This year 3 have bloomed & 8 that haven't. I leave them outside all spring & summer & bring them inside for winter. I have never fertilized them & only add water when it hasn't rained for a while. South Louisiana. P S don't discard any mother plants till they are completely dead, I put one on a compost pile just before winter & next spring found a pup on it.
Nell, can these plants be planted in clay pellets or pumice gravel? Also if planted out side, could i put them in the pot, shared with my 7 G Adonidia palm? Which is on the terrace?
Thanks for the tips. Looking forward to the whole series. 😊
Cheryl - You're very welcome. If all goes as planned, 2 videos will be posting this weekend & 2 the following weekend. Nell
Thanks for the heads up. My cat is a real pain in the butt when it comes to chewing plants. She especially likes to chew anything that'll make her throw up. Maybe that's why she never bothered my bromeliad.
mY CATS ATE UP MY BROMILIAD
I have 3 in bloom all in the same pot outside, absolutely gorgeous & I havent even fussed with them they have just grown! One question these are prickly on the outer edges of the flower & outer edges of leaves.....In fact quite prickly on the actual flower head ! Is this normal
U have every plant I want. I gota silver vase plant and a guzmania one(not sure I got that right) but still looking for the others lolol
Hi Nell - new to houseplants lady and new to your channel and a fellow grew up in New Englander (Massachusetts). I enjoy your videos. I don't know if you answer questions on videos made so long ago but I have a question - and I know the answer to it is no - but I thought I'd ask it anyway. I bought a Bromeliad Achmea Silver Vase / Urn plant about a month ago, glorious pink flower blooming and all, but still a whole lot of life left on the flower (the purple inside parts hadn't quite come in yet, etc). Anyway, I forgot to refill the tank on top with water, for the last two to three days - so now that poor beautiful gorgeous flower is all brown save the very outside layers of petals on it. I could kick myself - hard - I love this plant so - and I've gone and ruined it. Anyway, is there any way to revive this flower, which has met a way too early death!!!??? Will the mom die early too, due to this monumental error on my part? The plant does have a small little pup which looks healthy still....but yikes, sigh...
Hee hee I have a kitty too. He's so mischievous. Only a few months old. I keep so many plants indoor in winter and bring them back out in summer. I even have a 8 foot mango tree in my kitchen. 😬
I just purchased my first bromeliad. And it's that exact pink one. I'm so scared to kill it. Lol. All my other plants are so different from it. Wish you could just come visit and teach me the ways. 😂😂😊
Great insights which I would love your feedback on please? My first bloomed beautifully with both the darker pink and purple flowers but then eventually rotted out. Thinking I’d killed it by overwatering I bought another. BTW, I never filled the vase as you did :-0. Just small top-ups. Anyway, the second one I watered far less, with distilled water and sprayed some mist too.
To my dismay this has also rotted out from the flower and the centre. What am I doing wrong? The second one hasn’t even been watered via the soil either. Can they be saved? Many thanks
Hi Brad, I think she said that it needs a lot of light but not hot sun. I hope it helps with the next one. They are beautiful.
Great stuff! I want to get a Bromeliad so badly! I heard a rumour(?) that the cost for them has gone way up due to adverse weather wherever they come from (pardon my ignorance) but I assumed the ones for sale here in Canada were from greenhouses! I never wanted to buy ones raided from the rainforest or wherever! One reason I've always wanted a Bromeliad is because I heard they clean the air at night whereas most other plants emit oxygen during daylight hrs. Any comments? Thanks!
Yes, Bromeliads do clean the air around them. They take in the bad & release oxygen at night, as do most other houseplants. The majority of Bromeliads (that I know anyway) in the US are grown in CA, FL & TX. Most of the propagating is done from pups. Some collectors start them from seed, some of which is collected in the rainforest. the majority of bromeliads sold in the trade are hot house grown. Nell
I’m in Florida and brought a Alcántarea Odorada, planted outdoor, they told me will be fine but I noticed some yea low leaves at the bottom and I water once a week. What’s the best care for this plant?.
Thank you so much for your helpful video. I just got my first pink flowered aechemea. I have a question: How do you flush the water out of the urn? Hold the plant upside down? Sorry, I"m confused.
Hi Dru - You're welcome. You can hold it upside down (just make sure you hold onto the root ball so it does all fall out) & empty it out that way. I find this way easier: I take it to the kitchen sink & run the water into the urn to flush it out that way. Plus, the Aechmea foliage gets a little bath which it appreciates. Hope that helps, Nell
Yes it certainly does. Many thanks! :)
I have a aechmea fasciata bromeliad pup about a year old. How do I encourage it to grow those long, strappy leaves like it’s mother that I purchased from the store?
Hi Nell, tank you for the information on the beautiful bromeliad. I have a question, I've had mine for abouit a year and mother plant has died off and I have 3 pups now about 6-7inches, I have never repotted it, would that be the reason why the plant is not getting any bigger? Or do I need to take the pups off to help it grow bigger? Also could you do a video on how to get the pups off, I don't want to kill the pups or the mother plant it's self. Once again thank you.
Hi Sherry - From what I've been told, the pups actually grow faster when attached to the mother plant. It takes 3-6 years for a pup to flower, depending on the conditions. I'd be happy to do a video on removing the pups. It'll probably post in a couple of months. Nell
Thank You so much Neil, I love your videos.
Thanks a lot Neil for getting back with me. And also that would be great to see that video series.
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Hi. I was given the pink Bromeliad by my friend. Never flowered as I watered by tap water into tank, The leaves rot inside so I puled one out. Thank you for advice. Shall I just trashed the plant or will it ever flower?. Its been standing for almost 2 years. No flower.
I just got one of tjese beautiful pink and purple flower and i would like to know if tje miracle-gro moisture control potting mix will be okay for it because thats what home depot sold me for it
Km trying to repot it because i want to pot it together with other bromeliads and didnt know what kind of potting mix to get
Hi - I use a succulent & cactus mix with orchid bark mixed in. The moisture control mix isn't the best to use for bromeliads. Nell
When do you water them?
If the flower on my achemea is dying should i cut it off?
I am replanting in a pretty pot, does it have to have a hole in pot?
yes!! they require lots of drainage. or you can repot it into a plastic pot with lots of holes and put that into the decorative pot
Your car looks fantastic!!! Surely does not look like he is 18. Generally black cats at that age begin to look unkempt and develop "dandruff". He must be a healthy guy!
Hi nell I just received a bromeliad you just reviewed.. Urn plant. I wasn't sure of the soil so I used Cactus soil because it was is need of repoting,. Should I leave it or use a different growing medium?
Hi - You can leave it in the cactus mix which is better that all potting soil because it lessens the chance of overwatering & root rot. If you have any compost or something rich (not manure) mix a little of that in too. I always use a mixture cactus mix & orchid bark, just for future reference! Nell
JoyUsGarden Thanks Nell
Mine looked just this, it was doing wonderful for several months and then suddenly it turned yellow/brown and when I went to investigate they entire thing separated from the base!
Hi Nell! I really enjoy your videos and find them very informative.
I have an Aechmea like yours and the flower has died and shriveled up. I cut off the dry bloom and now will move it to the lanai and watch for pups.
Great tips on the misting and the soil mix.
Keep the videos going! What a great series!
I have a love hate relationship with bromeliads. I love them because they are beautiful and where I live they are easy to care for. I hate them because every time I touch a bromeliad that is outside in the garden giant Huntsman spider come rushing out and freaks me out.
Where can i buy a bromeliad with pink flower plant? i want to buy it for my girl friend
What is the name of the striped bromeliad?
THANK YOU SO MUCH! My Bromelia has two pups they a re big already so I feel like the current mother pot is already too small for all 3 bromelias (2 growing and mother still healthy , all are big) I really dont want to separete them . Should I use a bigger pot?
How long is the flowering to pup stage?
Rene Farr 3-6 years :)
Are there seeds for sale?
Hey Nell, I got my sister a red sword bromide plant .house warming gift while the plant was n my big ol van , I accidently gave the plant some vodka or tequila that someone left n my vehicle after a concert we went to the night before , it was n a water bottle , I thought it was pure bottle water ! Boy I was upset ! I immediately flushed it with water everywhere on the plant , do you think it's gonna survive? Feeling awful getting the plant drunk , any helpful hints ?
Oh dear. Bromeliads don't have an extensive root system & since you flushed it out right away, it should be fine. Nell
Thank you Nell! I love your interests in plants , they are so cool , and exciting ! You have good information too ! Good job ! Thanks so much !
Mine do better when I target the roots
Thank you great video, very useful information indeed!
This plant is Brazilian but does not like humidity, this plant is not native to the Amazon but from the Atlantic Forest and in a dry region of Brazil.
didn`t show HOW to remove pups
That's in a separate video. Nell
You look so beautiful.
I rub my plant with banana 🍌peel to give them nutrition