Brom ID please

[Palmdude]

Howdy folks,

Anyone know what this is? It was just given to me yesterday. Also wondering what it's light requirements are

Edited October 21, 2014 by Palmdude

[KennyRE317]

with broms if you buy them untagged it's pretty difficult to narrow it down to the specific species just because of all the hybridizing. i have a couple that are tagless and i just move them around, i'd probably start that one with a few hours of direct sun and give it more sun each week. Keep an eye on it because if it starts showing some bleeching of the leaves then move it back towards a bit more shade but it can probably take at least a solid half day of direct sun

[Really full garden]

It looks like one of the many Neo tiger cultivars. If the leaves have spines they can handle some sun ,but slowly introduce it to direct sun.It looks like its been in the shade for a while.

[Pedro 65]

Palmdude, yes as Scott said its a Tiger cultivar and to be precise its an early Skotak Tiger hybrid called Hannibal lector, ( punctactisima x tiger ) they pup profusely which is good, heres 2 pics of 1 in full sun, 1 in lots of shade.

Pete

[Palmdude]

Great guys! I was hoping to hear Tiger. Not that it matters , I'd like it even if I never knew what it was

[KennyRE317]

here's my Hannibal Lector that looks to be about the same size

[KennyRE317]

mine sees about 4 hours of direct late morning/early afternoon full sun and then another few hours of filtered sun. i recently shifted into more full sun to see how much it can take before planting it in the spring

Edited October 22, 2014 by KennyRE317

[Palmdude]

Broms are sort of fun to move around to see where you get the best color out of them

Thanks guys

[Neil C]

Here's one on my Hannibals. As stated above they seem to pup profusely and are tough as nails. Great Plant!

Regards Neil

[The Silent Seed]

How quickly does the color change when in different amounts of light?

[KennyRE317]

How quickly does the color change when in different amounts of light?

they start showing burn pretty quickly, you'll start seeing a pale or white washed patch. in terms of showing brighter colors with more sun, that takes significantly longer

[Palmdude]

In my broms the colors are seasonal, for instance my A. Blanchetianas and my Wally Burg loose their color over the summer and are more greenish /yellowish sort of color. Starting right now in the fall, they start bringing on their colors . The Wally turning deep red and the Blanch turning a fiery orange/red. I'm looking forward to the color as a lot of my broms are starting to color up. I don't know if it's the cooler weather or the angle of the sun?

[KennyRE317]

In my broms the colors are seasonal, for instance my A. Blanchetianas and my Wally Burg loose their color over the summer and are more greenish /yellowish sort of color. Starting right now in the fall, they start bringing on their colors . The Wally turning deep red and the Blanch turning a fiery orange/red. I'm looking forward to the color as a lot of my broms are starting to color up. I don't know if it's the cooler weather or the angle of the sun?

i've only just started buying broms but once i started i just couldn't stop so i'm at a bit over 100 varieties right now but i'm noticing alot are starting to pup and even a Billbergia that just started flowering

[Palmdude]

It doesn't take long Kenny! You'll have more broms than you know what to do with before long.

[bgl]

It doesn't take long Kenny! You'll have more broms than you know what to do with before long.

Very true! There's an incredible variety when it comes to colors and forms and they are indeed excellent companion plants to palms. At some point you may even find yourself looking at the palms as companion plants to the bromeliads!

[realarch]

Never Bo!

[bgl]

Just playing the devil's advocate! After all, I view my garden as a "palm and bromeliad garden"! Not a "bromeliad and palm garden"

[Palmdude]

A Palmiliad garden