Deadly Weapon Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 You know the trick to get pineapple plants to flower, to put the plant in a plastic bag with an apple. Apple emits ethylene into air and ethylene kind of forces the pineapple plant to bloom. Brocchinia and Catopsis are closely related to pineapple, so I though does this work with carnivorous bromeliads too? Has anyone tried it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Silverman93 Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 it apparently works well on non carnivorous ones so I've no reason to assume it wouldn't, though I'd wait for someone with experience of actually growing them to chime in before you take my word for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted May 9, 2013 Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 If you take the relatively small issue of them being carnivores you still end up with bromeliads and a technique that works. I did it about 20 years ago for an Aechmia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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