Sideshow Bob

A few years ago, T's mother gave us a bromeliad. It somehow bred with itself and soon 1 became 5. We separted them apart and re-potted them (in a 2/2/1 configuration) and put them in different areas of the balcony. They must be lonely plants because the pots with 2 bromeliads have not had any more offspring, but the one that had a single bromeliad in it had 2 babies to keep it company.

Recently I've been complaining because they spread out and take up a bit of valuable balcony room (hence the nickname of Sideshow Bob because they explode outwards like his hair). Also they have spines along the entire edge of every leaf and have been attacking me. We decided that it was time to give some away, but in the meantime we put all the pots together in one area.


Since doing this, the 3-plant pot has now also grown a flower. This hasn't happened in the 4 years that we've had these plants. I wonder if this has happened because the whole family has reunited?

My new setup

This is my mobile internet unit... My trusty N800 (a.k.a. Machine) & my new iGo Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard (which doesn't have a name yet).