Different genera tolerate varying levels of light. Keep the plant in a room with temperatures between 60°F and 85°F and humidity at 40 to 50 percent. Water a bromeliad when the soil dries out.

But, while the plant is in flower, it also begins to form offsets, or pups — exact clones of the parent plant — around its base. Once your bromeliad blooms, it will only live for a couple more ...