How to prune marcgrave's nidularium

Ongoing for dead leaves; after flowering for spent rosette. Trim brown or damaged leaves at the base with sterilised scissors. Remove the post-bloom mother rosette at soil level, leaving the surrounding pups intact to grow on.

Rarely — as needed for dead growth; once after flowering. Marcgrave's Nidularium requires minimal pruning. It is a rosette-forming bromeliad that blooms once and then naturally offsets. Simply remove dead or damaged leaves at the base as they occur. Once the mother rosette has flowered and begins to die back, cut it away cleanly to give pups room to grow.

Trim brown or damaged leaves at the base with sterilised scissors. Remove the post-bloom mother rosette at soil level, leaving the surrounding pups intact to grow on.