Personally, I have no idea if they will still grow bigger, but does it matter a lot? Once you have given the lilies fertilizer, they will grow more lily pads like crazy, and the new ones will be nice and large! You are two zones ahead of us here in southern NH, and all we have so far is small, reddish lily pads. But, more every day! I have not moved our lilies up to a higher level yet - they are as far down as we can get them for the winter. We need to repot and fertilize them all, which will not get done until after Memorial Day, so to go in there now and move them closer seems double work - but, maybe. It's going to be nice this week, and I can always wear the waders. The way you fertilize lilies, ftw, is, you push a lily fertilizer tablet or pieces of tomato fertilizer spikes into the lily container, deep in between the roots. That way, hopefully, the lily gets the benefit, but not the algae in the pond, which would turn the water green (or, greener). Haul the pot up, push in the tablet, close the opening your finger made, let the pot back down, done. Pretty easy, the real work is only when it's time to repot! You know it's time to repot when the lily is growing out of the pot, over the edge. And all of ours are... except the one our main fish has routed up (that one merely needs replanting!) :) Mary

Michael Since I've always been an epiphyte freak lol. I find those type pix interesting also. Wouldn't dream of doing that to any of my Broms lol. Of course I guess the most interesting part is the tree rather than the marginal growth. Even if the tree is above water level not only is it being drowned ,every 6 feet of water doubles atmospheric pressure. it is receiving at most 1 percent of the usual amount of light . So does the tree die go dormant.?? I would assume the brom dies and regrows from seed but if the tree does that also how did it get so big?? lol Are you looking at less than one years growth?? Obviously if the tree wasn't there ,no bromeliad in the first place lol I went to Costa Rica primarily to see the jungle like everybody else ,but also to see various epiphytes growing wild lol. I was so disappointed I could see hundreds of species with binoculas, most were easily 50 feet above ground!! I feel sure I saw a Cattleya orchid but could carry the ID. no further. It was around 20 feet from the ground so I gritted my teeth and climbed the tree.More disappointment lol It was not in flower and there was so much secondary growth it was almost impossible to tell where one species started and another began. I counted at least 30 eithr touching the Catt or growing close by. But even casual obsevation for only 3 days was very surprising, The area is listed as non,seasonal evergreen dry forest. It not only rained every day but buckets lol, Only at dawn and sunset for around an hour. Brilliant sunshine tempered by forest of course. The grow area dripped water every day!! was still dripping when I left!! As everybody knows Catts cannot tolerate wet conditions. I wanted to climb the tree and repot it lol Anyway on a happy note there were no dinner plate sized spiders ,scorpions ,or mosquitoes ,tree crabs.snakes In fact I was not bitten at all nor did I fall out of the tree!!! I did mess up a bit of epiphtic mosses and a couple of ferns .I'm hoping very common species lol gary

Ryan I`d like the miniature Water Lily. If interested take your pick from this list to make an equitble trade. Thalia, Pennywort, Lizzards Tail, Pontedera, Variegated Celery, Dwarf Red Stem Parrot Feather, or nice quantity of Azolla. Thanks, Xjaxx Jack jatoni@sc.rr.com

Tapla & others i understand both sides of the debate for my PL. I repotted the PL in 5:1:1 (used 5 Reptibark, 1 Sp peat, & 1+Med perlite (prob 1.25) & trimmed off the brown & left many leaves on. It looked droopy the next day & figured it would have some transplant shock. I had to go out of town for work, but had my watering help in order. She texted me a pic of the wood stick so I could tell her when it was ready to water. She watered it once when I was gone for 9 days. My help however, didn't tell me that the whole plant collapsed! (Arguing I couldn't do anything for the plant out of town). moving on, Mother Nature decided the next step. Last night when I got home, I cut all the leaves back. The mix is dry on top but moist a bit down-- maybe a bit too moist, but not wet, not soggy for sure. This mix is better than it was in before, but this PL never wilted between waterings before. When I felt down, I pulled up one of the small loose & single shoot & the roots were brown & didn't Li like it was the same PL I left 9 days ago! Should I dig it up to evaluate the other roots? I can't believe the roots would have started to rot so fast, but im not sure what to do. I used distilled water. And I planned on starting to fertilize with 9-3-6 when I came home. Your last comment indicated to make sure the "Roots only " plant wasn't too moist & just damp. Would putting the PL near my grow light be beneficial? I do think the PL needed more light than it received before- it had enough to survive, but not thrive. My husband has a light meter... What FC/lux would be best at this point? When I repotted my big PL (pics shown), I replanted the other 2 I had. The medium PL took a hit to the older leaves (which I've now removed) but small newer ones ok & plant still green. The smallest PL is still green & doing ok I think. I know things don't happen fast with plants, but I want to make sure I'm giving the best environment it needs. Your help is always appreciated as I learn! Thanks! ~Betina