Many epiphytic bromeliads will only flower once and then will die, but before they flower they will form offsets around the base of mature rosette. Left them in place until they reach one third the size of the parent rosette, then remove them by hand or with a sharp knife and plant them separately. You can replant the parent rosette so that it can produce more offsets. Plant the offsets in a mixture of one part peat, one part well-rotted leaf mould and one part sharp, gritty sand and keep the young plants slightly shaded and at a temperature of about 21 Celsius degrees (70 F). Lightly mist-spray them daily with tepid water.

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