Brocchinia & Catopsis Latest Topics

ID Please: Catopsis berteroniana vs morreniana

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:52:51 +0000

Hello everyone

I'm having some doubts regarding the ID of this plant, bought it more or less 3 years ago here in CP UK as being Catopsis berteroniana, it has that characteristic white powder, but might be Catopsis morreniana, since flowers were white and it has more than one bud in the mother plant. Anyone can give the reight ID?

Brocchinia reducta fertiliser pellets

Wed, 04 May 2022 01:53:26 +0000

I bought a Brocchinia reducta from ebay. When it arrived it had some fertiliser pellets in the soil. Should I take them out or leave them in?

Brocchinia reducta brown spots

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:30:30 +0000

Hi I've noticed my brocchinia reductas are developing brown spots on there leaves. They are indoors near windows east facing and under led grow light from dark till around 10pm, misted twice daily with rainwater and soil just kept damp any advice would be great thanks

Brocchinia reducta vs Brocchinia hectioides

Wed, 26 Aug 2020 19:19:27 +0000

Brocchinia reducta vs Brocchinia hectioides

How can I distinguish one from the other? What about flower, is the flower different?

When to split Catopsis berteroniana pups

Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:54:16 +0000

Hi,

when should I split my Catopsis berteroniana pups?

Thanks for your help.

Pictures in attach.

Brocchinia reducta flowering!

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:48:25 +0000

My Brocchinia reducta are both flowering! Here is the one that is further along:

Bromeliads

Thu, 02 Mar 2017 10:26:54 +0000

I've been given a mature bromeliad and am wondering on the best way to care for it. Do I keep it in the terrarium with the Neps, put it out with the Sarracenia or just keep it on the windowledge with the orchids?

Brocchinia reducta flowering

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:01:03 +0000

Hello,

My Brocchinia recuta is almost flowering. Is it possible to get seeds from 1 single plant and how am I supposed to do that? I have read a lot of different topics but they are all saying something else.

grtz, blaasjeskruid18

Is this a brocchinia tatei ?

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:39:58 +0000

I have had this plant for a little more than a year,it came as a seed in an order of a few dionaea from Araflora and sprouted a few weeks later,it grew very well in full sun with my flytraps.

This week i noticed it suffered from the cold in the greenhouse so it is inside the house now in its own pot.

Brocchinia hechtioides care

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:46:05 +0000

Hi,

Got a B. hechtioides from Gert at EEE. I've potted it in a sarracenia mix with extra perlite and placed it on a SE facing windowsill. Any suggestions on caring for it would be welcome. Especially watering, humidity, light etc.

TIA,

Brocchinia and catopsis

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:37:41 +0000

I have heard it´s possible to grow these plants from leaf cuttings especially brocchinia reducta . Propably propagation is similar to propagation of drosera petiolaris comlex, so young seedlings should grow up from base near the plant

What is your opinion to these sentences ?

regards Amp

Brocchinia on xaxim

Wed, 25 Dec 2013 17:27:10 +0000

Heyy, i had my Brocchinias growing in peat/pine bark/perlite (2/2/1) mix but at the begining of fall i've montained them on xaxim, is it ok for them to grow as epiphytes?

Brocchinia reducta

Sat, 16 Nov 2013 01:57:00 +0000

I have a Brocchinia reducta what has flowed last year for me. This year I have had seven pups on the plant and now it is flowing again but from the base of the main plant there are about six flower storks and one more pup.Is this normal of Brocchinia reducta??

Sorry for the poor photos.

Brocchinia reducta repotting

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:52:21 +0000

Hi all,

My Brocchinia reducta needs to be repot. Do you have some advise for it? (for example: is it a good time for repotting or must I wait?) or just repot it as a normal carnivorous plant. I wanna put him into 50 : 50 Peat Perlite.

thnx, blaasjeskruid18

Apple trick working with carnivorous bromeliads?

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:48:12 +0000

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?

Catopsis in sphagnum

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:07:02 +0000

I recieve a Catopsis yesterday from Witu*a and i just wanna know if someone grow it in sphagnum ?

I know that it is an epiphyte plant so i think it is possible but I don't wanna do a(nother) mistake :(

Best Regards,

Martin LE TALLEC

B. reducta in flower...

Thu, 22 May 2008 13:10:30 +0000

Hello Friends! Here's some pics of Steve Stewart's Brocchinia reducta in flower. I hope you enjoy...

Happy Growing,

Brian.

Catopsis morreniana self fertile?

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 23:21:06 +0000

My C. morreniana is now in flower and i was wondering is it self fertile or do i need multiple plants? Also there are ants in the flowers, would the be pollinating them?

Catopsis id confirmation?

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:55:22 +0000

I got these 2 plants recently, the one in spike was labeled as C. morreniana and the other one as C. berteroniana. I have no reason to doubt the id's but wanted an excuse to post pics up :)

Is Brocchinia tatei carnivorous?

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:32:10 +0000

I heard recently from a highly reliable source in Norfolk - no, not Norfolk, Virginia - that B. tatei is now classed as a carnivore.

Intrigued, I did a spot of research:

Most sources say don't mention B. tatei among the carnivorous bromeliads, but several sources still list it as a possible carnivore (e.g. 1, 2).

Wikipedia states that "one terrestrial population of B. tatei was discovered with heterocystous cyanobacteria in its tanks, suggesting N fixation." But the presence of bacteria could also suggest a digestive capability, as in Heliamphora?

Does anyone have an authoritative answer?

Interested of Letchworth :)

Brocchinia pups

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:35:09 +0000

Does anyone have any experience separating these. I have a Brocchinia plant that is currently flowering which has so far produced three pups, the largest of which is approx 10cm tall. What is the correct time to separate? When the time is right, is it simply a case of ripping the pup away from the mother plant and planting in a new pot?

Cheers,

Greg

Brochinia Reducta

Sat, 22 May 2010 18:38:23 +0000

I have just got a Brochinia Reducta and I need some info on it. water light,soil temp?

Is Brocchinia reducta highlander?

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:39:28 +0000

Hello,

So, is Brocchinia reducta highlander? I know some populations grow side by side with Heliamphoras, but is the clone in cultivation a highlander? Would it do better in a highland terrarium than a lowland? I would grow it with epiphytic utrics and helis.

Greetings,

Jarkko

Catopsis ID

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:18:40 +0000

Is it C. beteroniana?

how do i look after brocchinia reducta

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:55:34 +0000

hi just bought one of these plants 10cm high.ive put it in the conservatory (unheated) south west facing gets really hot in summer and down too 3cel in winter.what soil is best? thanks