Hey Toni-- oh yes.. I will be back! I like it here. ;)I just don't know when. I am hoping to have some sort of internet somewhere. Gonna miss all of you too, I check on this before anything else! lol And thanks for the congrats on new offshoots. I thought that may be it, but this is new plant for me and I don't know just what to look for. Actually, I don't know much about many plants, (but let's just keep that between the 2 of us.:)) Thanks for making me feel better tho. What would happen if I didn't repot them? Just let them stay like they are. Would that hurt them any? Bigger pot tho, I think she needs to be repotted, roots are showing a lot now. Pirate-- I am not panicking, I wanted to know before this weekend, and the more answers I get, the better. That's all. I have looked and looked for something to tell me what I am to look for in this plant, what it looks like when new shoots start, the mom dies off and such. All I can find is how to care for them. Now I know before I can't ask anymore for however long. A week really isn't all that much time. And that's all I have right now to ask anything. That's all it is. Marjie

If the leaves are fine, it's fine. Blooms don't last forever on any plant, and bromeliads are no exception. T. cyanea forms a pink paddle of bracts from which blue flowers emerge, starting at the bottom and moving towards the top. Each flower will last only a day, and once they have all opened, that's it, it's done. It may take a while for the pink to fade to green, and then brown, but that's its natural progression. It won't rebloom. Cut it off and wait for the pups to mature and bloom.

What is a "Japanese lily"? Do you know the botanical name? And where are you located? Lilies are dormant at this time of year in the northern hemisphere so guessing you are in the southern part of the globe......?? True lilies - Lilium species and hybrids - grow only a single stalk from each bulb and if that stalk is damaged before maturing into buds and flowers, then that lily bulb is done for the season. There is nothing you can or should do - just leave the stalk in place as is. Next season it should come back just fine. But I'd advise protecting it from your puppy, not only for the lily's sake but because it may be harmful to your pet. Lilies are quite toxic to cats.......not sure about dogs.

Great work, Photo! Whisks are a good idea. I've stuffed bigger whisks with bulbosas from time to time. There are quite a few places on line that I have bought plants from, but since we get a real winter (it's about 32F now, expecting a snow, with a blizzard across the mountains and into the plains to our east), and the tillandsia sellers are in California and Florida mostly (I think Plant Oddities is in Tennessee?), I'm waiting to order anything until maybe April 1st. I note your profile tells me you are in an area that gets winter, too (I used to live in Tulsa). However, this give you plenty of time to do research on line, and several online sellers have email lists you can sign up for to get ideas. As for the brown tips problem Kelly is having, it seems you are doing everything okay (unless maybe you are dunking your plant in tap water; filtered or fresh-water aquarium or rain/snow water is better). It may be that your office is just too dry. If you or any of your colleagues have the sniffles, sinus problems or the like, that may be an indication of too-dry air. If Tillandsias liked terrarium settings, I'd suggest that, but maybe you could figure out a way to mount the tilly so that it is above water (say, sitting in a shot glass -- depends on size of plant, of course -- then sitting that on a bed of gravel that is in a saucer -- hey, maybe use a decorative tea cup and saucer! Keep gravel moist. Perhaps also dunk the tilly a little more frequently. Paul Isley (Rainforest Flora) says (in a YouTube video) he just dunks his tillandsias, shakes them off and puts them back on display. Of course, he has greenhouses and a huge stock, so most plants probably are dunked on the same schedule you use. I ordered plants from them this year and instructions for some said to soak them immediately upon unpacking, but I knew that wasn't right for some of them (crocata, for example). I emailed them asking about this and Isley himself wrote back (or his assistant did via his email address; still a neat thing!) and said the plants are rather dry in the greenhouse, so he warns new buyers to soak just in case. People who buy in person can ask; new mail-order customers we hope have done some research. So I think the problem you may need to solve is humidity -- without the tillandsia being constantly wet. Let us know what you decide to try :)