Non-monocarpic Bromeliads

[PalmatierMeg]

I know many, if not most, bromeliads are monocarpic, but some are not. For example, Dyckia and Hechtia are not. Those genera are supposedly more "primitive" broms. Is the same true for Orthophytum? What about intergeneric hybrids like Neophytum? Can someone list genera that are not monocarpic? Thanks for educating me.

[aussiearoids]

Not many monocarpic spp. at all .

If it gets a pup then its not dead really .

Some big Tillandsia spp. like utriculata do not pup .

Most Alcantarea will pup after or before flowering .

[Gbarce]

Tillandsia duratii are not monocarpic-- yehey!!!

[PalmatierMeg]

Thanks, Michael. Maybe I misunderstood the concept of monocarpic. I was thinking of broms that flower and pup, yet the mother plant doesn't die away, which is the case with Dyckia. On the other hand, my Aechmeas and Neoregelias produce pups, then "waste away" when the offspring are large enough to grow independently.

[Gonzer]

Meg, it would probably be easier if your question was reversed. Tillandsia might comprise the largest group of monocarpic species:

adpressiflora

atroviolacea?

australis (syn. maxima)

bourgaei

buseri

calcicola

callichroma ?

calothyrsus (syn. rettigiana)

carlos-hankii ?

clavigera var. clavigera

clavigera var. pendula

coatlanensis?to be described (formerly bourgeai x calothyrsus

complanata

copanensis ?

cossonii ?

cretacea

cucculata ?

dasyliriifolia

demissa ?

denudata var. denudata ?

deppeana ?

dodsonii ?

drepanoclada ?

dugesii (syn. mexicana)

eizii

elongata var.elongata ?

elongata var. subimbricata ?

extensa?

fendleri var. fendleri

fendleri var. reducta?

ferreyrae ?

francisci?

grandis

guatemalensis

hildae

hoeijeri?

hromadnikiana

juerg-rutschmannii

kalmbacheri

krukoffiana var. krukoffiana

krukoffiana var. piepenbringii

lagunaensis ?(formerly bourgeai x calothyrsus [nat. hyb.])

langlasseana (syn. intumescens)

laui ?

limbata ?

lucida ?

macrochlamys ?

macrodactylon ?

makoyana

marnier-lapostollei

mazatlanensis ?

mirabilis ?

mixtecorum

mooreana ?

nuyooensis

oerstediana

pamelae

paniculata

platyphylla ?

platyrhachis var. platyrhachis

platyrhachis var. magnifica

pomacochae?

ponderosa ?

prodigiosa

rauhii var. rauhii

rauhii var. longispica

rodrigueziana ?

rubrispica ?

samaipatensis

secunda var. secunda

secunda var. major ?

sueae superinsignis ?

supermexicana var. supermexicana

supermexicana var. pendula ?

supermexicana var. saxicola ?

taxcoensis ?

teres

thyrsigera

tillii?

tonalaensis?

tovarensis?

ulrici ?

utriculata ssp. utriculata

utriculata forma variegata

ventanaensis

viridiflora var. variegata?

werner-rauhiana ?

yerba-santae?

? = need further confirmation.

[Gbarce]

Wow gonzer you really know your broms!