Several years ago an old friend brought me a couple of strappy-leaved plants, called them bromelids and told me keep water in their cup-like center. I stuck them in a pot, dropped the pot under a tree in the backyard and let them enjoy our humid Alabama summer. When winter came, I brought them into the house because my cold frame is not warm enough for tropical plants. The plants had spread to fill the pot but I wasn't impressed with the greenery . . . then those bromelids bloomed! This unassuming plant puts on an amazing show every year at the beginning of December.
This year, the bromelid has been spectacular. We had six blooms at one time; with a secondary blooming coming right behind the first one. While not traditional Christmas colors, they are a show-stopper as we begin the holiday season.
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