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hey if have a couple of bromiliads and i was wondering how to get cuttings off them?

i ordered somecuttings off cloud jungle and i was wondering how i could plant them into tree fern panels?

The epiphytic bromeliads will send out "pups" (small plants) on long stolons, or I was corrected once that these are actually roots, not stolons, but am not sure. When these mature a bit, you can just cut them off clost to the plant and stick them into or onto your background and branches. The original plant will often die back after this, but usually you will get one or two pups before it does. Sometimes it will keep going.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
7 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
6 P. terribilis mint and organe
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus
2 P. lugubris

Sorry about the second question--I get mixed up, and thought someone else answered this here recently. On a tree fern panel, you can just drill a little hole with a screw driver, stick in the root/stolon, and support it from the bottom with some criss-crossed bamboo skewers until it takes hold by itself. Some people attach it with silicone or other kinds of staples, but I just use bamboo skewers, which can be cut off a bit and then removed when the plant is sturdy on its own. You can use different things to attach bromeliads to branches and such, from fishing line, dental floss, or even just cotton thread.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

4 D. auratus blue
5 D. galactonotus pumpkin orange splash back
7 D. imitator
6 D. leucomelas
4 D. pumilio Bastimentos
4 D. fantasticus
6 P. terribilis mint and organe
4 D. reticulatus
4 D. castaneoticus
2 D. azureus
4 P vittatus
2 P. lugubris

Will a brom attach eventually to ghoast wood in the same way as tree fern panel or Bark?

Thanks

Maggie