RED Carcharodon Rainbow

[Pedro 65]

Its been 2yrs since I last posted Rainbow colouring with maturity in great light, they get the 1st few hrs of "direct sun" then filtered under 50% s/cloth, the more light = the more colour.

Pete

[NApalm]

Stunning pete

[Cindy Adair]

Great color!

[Really full garden]

Its spectacular!

[Pedro 65]

I think so too, Cindy, Stuart and Scott, heres a granny smith apple to show her size.

Pete

[Silas_Sancona]

Wow!! An absolute beauty.

-Nathan-

[Pedro 65]

Wow!! An absolute beauty.

-Nathan-

Thanks Nathan,

heres the other side that doesnt get any direct sun and its colour is quite less, Rainbows should be an "easy buy" for you in Florida the US heartland of Bromeliads.

Pete

[leyucca]

This is one of the few true sun hardy Neoregelia (with the amazing 'Tiger') I can grow in my garden, even in full afternoon sunshine during dry season.

Maybe could you recommend others able to withstand the same exposure ?

Edited October 9, 2014 by leyucca

[Pedro 65]

This is one of the few true sun hardy Neoregelia (with the amazing 'Tiger') I can grow in my garden, even in full afternoon sunshine during dry season.

Maybe could you recommend others able to withstand the same exposure ?

Jean-Philippe, the Carcharodons are great in lots of sun because they are so upright, the very colourful "flat" Neo's very much need shade cloth above for protection. I have no idea what other Broms you are growing but please post some pics to help threads be more fun to view.

The Carcharodon hybrids have plenty of colour and will be great at yours since Rainbow and Tiger do well. Carch Silver ( pic img 1875 with Aechmea's each side) , Macho, and Silvomontana pictured below along with MacTiger ( hybrid. pic 927) here get a few hrs of direct morning sun, "then" are protected with s/cloth above.

Look fwd to some pics from your garden.

Pete

[leyucca]

Thank you Pete for your pics, I am going to try to find more hybrids of carcharodon : I love them !

Below are pictures of some of the bromeliads able to withstand the harsh midday sun in my southern cambodian garden :

Young carcharodon 'Rainbow' and unknown Neoregelia in background :

Aechmea blanchetiana yellow :

Aechmea blanchetiana orange :

Neoregelia cruenta :

x Cryptbergia rubra :

Unknown pinkish Neoregelia :

[leyucca]

Unknown great Neoregelia :

An smaller one :

Neo carcharodon Tiger:

Variegated Ananas bracteatus :

Ananas comosus 'Golden Ocket' :

Green small Neoregelia :

[leyucca]

A more colorfull one :

Finally, a big unidentified Aechmea :

All the other bromeliads that I grow (but all the dyckias) are kept in more or less shady places.

[Really full garden]

Just beautiful Leyucca. I love your use of interesting ground covers and interesting combinations.

[Pedro 65]

Jean-Philippe, beautiful pics of your very colourful, planned, orderly gardens, would love to see more pics, you could grow "so many" broms in the full sun with your year round high humidity.

Your last brom is Aechmea bracteata, a tough great looking Grey/Purple Aechmea if your after any of that colour to use is Aechmea malva pictured below centre under a Macho hybrid.

Pete

[Gigi85]

WOW!!

[leyucca]

Jean-Philippe, beautiful pics of your very colourful, planned, orderly gardens, would love to see more pics, you could grow "so many" broms in the full sun with your year round high humidity.

Your last brom is Aechmea bracteata, a tough great looking Grey/Purple Aechmea if your after any of that colour to use is Aechmea malva pictured below centre under a Macho hybrid.

Pete

I Unfortunately, our climate has not year round high humidity. despite I live near the sea, the sun is very harsch and during the end of the dry season, most of the bromeliads toast in full sun. Even the 'Malva' wich I have several mature plants that need to be kept in half-shade.

Thank you for the A. bracteata ID.

[Palmdude]

Jean-Phillipe How about Aechmea Dean or Wally Burg? Seems like the Aechmeas do well for you, actually it looks like everything does well for you! Your gardens are spectacular! I love!

You make me want to clean up my act ! Lol

That Tiger is spectacular! I 'll have to go look for one .... Or three now!

Edited October 18, 2014 by Palmdude

[Pedro 65]

Palmdude, Tigers are tough in full sun on the ground or where they" look best", up on a log.

Pete

[Gigi85]

I am such a sucker for broms! Thanks to everyone for sharing these gorgeous pictures. =)

[Pedro 65]

I am such a sucker for broms! Thanks to everyone for sharing these gorgeous pictures. =)

Greta, to keep it real, heres some Tigers here in "not enough sun"...They become "very stretched" and lack colour.

[comic097]

Some very very nice looking broms on this thread

[Really full garden]

I am such a sucker for broms! Thanks to everyone for sharing these gorgeous pictures. =)

Greta, to keep it real, heres some Tigers here in "not enough sun"...They become "very stretched" and lack colour.

This is exactly what mine look like. I need to find a sunnier spot for them!

[KennyRE317]

This is one of the few true sun hardy Neoregelia (with the amazing 'Tiger') I can grow in my garden, even in full afternoon sunshine during dry season.

Maybe could you recommend others able to withstand the same exposure ?

i haven't really been growing bromeliads that long but here are a couple that have done amazingly well in full all day SoCal sun with absolutely no shade or canopy.

Neo. Curmudgeon

Neo. Hannibal Lector and any of the hybrids

Neo. concentrica bullis Purple

Neo. Meyendorfii x compacta

Neo. rubrovittata "Fuego"

my concentrica bullis has been growing real fast but i haven't planted it yet so i have the luxury of moving it out to give it as much sun as possible. i'm a sucker for stripes and Curmudgeon might be my favorite that i have right now and it looks like it'll get to a pretty good size too

according to my spreadsheet i'm right over 100 different species/cv mostly consisting of Billbergia and Neoregelia with a handful of Vriesea and Aechmea (mostly chantinii) i'm interested to see how many will make it through the winter since everything will be kept outdoors since i'm already noticing it takes quite awhile for the top of the soil to dry out now that the weather's cooled off.

[NApalm]

Jean-Philippe, beautiful pics of your very colourful, planned, orderly gardens, would love to see more pics, you could grow "so many" broms in the full sun with your year round high humidity.

Your last brom is Aechmea bracteata, a tough great looking Grey/Purple Aechmea if your after any of that colour to use is Aechmea malva pictured below centre under a Macho hybrid.

Pete

That Aechmea malva is unreal pete!