Bromeliads...

[metalfan]

I love bromeliads and have collected quite a few.

Here are some photos of some of mine. I'd like to see photos of some of yours!

The mama plant of this lovely Bil was given to me by Gonzer. This is "The Artist" in bloom earlier this season

[metalfan]

This is one of my favorite Tillandsias...I don't grow the hard leaved ones well but seem to do better with the soft leaved types

This is Til dyeriana in bloom this last Spring

[metalfan]

This little oddball I bought from Tropiflora. Its a tiny little mini, scarcely 4 inches long but the bloom is fab...Racinae crispa

[metalfan]

I like to mount things so I often put orchids of different genera and broms on big vertical cork mounts. This is one

[junglegalfla]

That Til dyeriana is gorgeous, who was your source??

A couple of my faves that I've posted before

Neo NOID

Aech chantinii black

Neo merlot

[junglegalfla]

Vriesa hybrid V-02-6

androlepis skinneri

[palmmermaid]

I love bromeliads and have lots of them in my yard.  They are wonderful planted under palms.  Pest free, they make more of themselves, low maintenance, and lots of year round color.  Wonderful!  I am glad to see more people are using the big ones in their yards now.  They look great.

[tipper55]

Vriesea 'Inferno', I just hacked this mother plant all up, she had 8 pups on her.

I think this is Guzmania 'candy corn'

Neo. 'Midnight'

[junglegalfla]

Tipper, nice broms! I've been eyeing the inferno for some time! I believe you are correct on that guz.

[aussiearoids]

Ae. chantinii cv. Pink Godess , its much larger than the typical form of chantinii and really loves growing as it should . Further up this large tree is a massive colony of Neo. pauciflora , and also some native Dendrobiums .

[metalfan]

Great photos guys! Great plants.

This is another oddball I have been growing for a while. Its kinda S-L-O-W. Its called Neoglaziove burle marxii. The first photo is hwo it stayed for, oh, over a year. Then suddenly, it threw up a new lead.

[metalfan]

And the new lead:

[metalfan]

And another of my fave Tillandsias, another soft-leaved one:

Til leiboldiana variegated

[metalfan]

Even managed to show a couple of palms in that last shot LOL.

These are growing near the edge of the stream in my greenhouse. I have tons of Neoregelias, many I have the names recorded in my plant inventory, but the individual tags are long gone.

[tipper55]

So who is going to the Bromeliad Extravaganza in Ft. Lauderdale at the end of Sept.?

[leomx]

nice plants...

I´m also a huge fan of bromeliads. Only got a few, though.

I like a lot the Hohenbergia castellanosii.

from the top.

it´s hard to make them look decent in this semi-arid climatem but I still trying.

[Jeff Searle]

(tipper55 @ Jul. 23 2007,20:58)

QUOTE

So who is going to the Bromeliad Extravaganza in Ft. Lauderdale at the end of Sept.?

Karen,

       I will!!! I plan on going to the dinner on Sat. night. I doubt I will be there for the sale during the day. My brother will be there selling plants and he's on the board of directors.

Jeff

[aussiearoids]

Love this enormous Hohenbergia  salzmanii .

[leomx]

that´s a big one or the brush stick is from a barbie doll??  

[aussiearoids]

Real broom mate , here is it in flower with Peter for scale .

[leomx]

sweeeet!! nice beard, err, plant and flower. my hoh. seems like a midget in comparison.

is nice to see all those healthy broms.

saludos.

[aussiearoids]

Here is the biggest 'Nova' I've ever seen /

Its way over 1 m across , the same size as the large Alcantarea next to it .

[palmmermaid]

(Jeff Searle @ Jul. 23 2007,22:54)

QUOTE

(tipper55 @ Jul. 23 2007,20:58)

QUOTE

So who is going to the Bromeliad Extravaganza in Ft. Lauderdale at the end of Sept.?

Karen,

       I will!!! I plan on going to the dinner on Sat. night. I doubt I will be there for the sale during the day. My brother will be there selling plants and he's on the board of directors.

Jeff

I'll be there.  Not sure about dinner yet but I will be there.

[tipper55]

(Jeff Searle @ Jul. 23 2007,22:54)

QUOTE

(tipper55 @ Jul. 23 2007,20:58)

QUOTE

So who is going to the Bromeliad Extravaganza in Ft. Lauderdale at the end of Sept.?

Karen,

       I will!!! I plan on going to the dinner on Sat. night. I doubt I will be there for the sale during the day. My brother will be there selling plants and he's on the board of directors.

Jeff

Well how did I know that. You(your nursery anyway) were the evil people who sent me that darn flyer for the Broward County Bromeliad Society auction, and it's been downhill for me ever since! I think it was your brother Larry that was there that went back home with the A. 'Blue Tango' - I came in 2nd place. Not bad for someone who never bought a Bromeliad before. I coulda taken first too, but my husband had me out in the truck looking for a check, geez what p.i.a. husbands will do to save money!

So this fall the Extravangza, another auction I suppose and your fall sale. I guess I should start now applying for a mortgage?

[Mike4284m]

I'll be at the Extravaganza as well.  It sounds like it's shaping up to be quite the get together/sale.  I know of people coming in from Texas, Hawaii, and Nassau for it.

[Gonzer]

Yowzers. Those are some nice plants there, all of 'em. Nice to see those siblings Metalmama, but me fears there has been a name change. That one is shown on the label below. I messed up when I sent it  It is definitely a pedigreed plant coming from Bill Seaborn years ago. Below that is my box of snakes I snagged at Paul Isley's growing grounds out here.

[metalfan]

Uh Uh Gonz. You DID send me the Amoena Rubra Seaborn as well and its a totally different Bil!

PM me, I wanta talk to you! You don't seem plugged into your cox account lately

[aussiearoids]

Ae. Shining Light  :cool: in it man  

some stupid cycads there also .

[leomx]

great looking bromeliads you got down there in your place, michael.

bet the dracontiums are doing great with all that water (or dormant??), my dracontium amazoense (leaf is very similar to your prancei, don´t know if dracontiums leaves are very similar in some species) is 80cm tall and loving the scarce droplets is falling now (dry year). do you got large titanums?? mines are 15cm tall!!!  :laugh:

cheers.

[amazondk]

This bromeliad I found on a log up a river in southern Amazonas in 2002.  It has been neglected and never flowered.  Surprisingly it just flowered.  Does anyone know what species it is?  It has very stiff leaves and sharp spines.  I have never seen this same plant growing around Manaus.

dk

[feijoa]

Are there any Brom's hardy enough for zone 7b-8? I searched online to no avail.

[aussiearoids]

Don , it could be Aechmea melinonii , can send to some brom-gurus for verification .

Can you give me any other details of the area collected ?

Would love some seed from it if it sets any  

[amazondk]

Michael,

I collect it at about 4 degrees south latitude.  The area is about 400 kms from Manaus going to the south south east.  I don't think that it is an achmea.  We have a local bromeliad around here which is very similar as to the flower, but the leaves are much different.  I am igoing to look that one up and it may be a clue to the identiifcation of this one.  Amazonia is not particularly rich in bromeliad species, but there are some nice ones.

dk

[PalmsZA]

Hi Guys

Last year I decided to try my hand at making a few new Neo hybrids, my first cross was with "big red" and a variegated un-named Skotak Neo. When the seeds germinated I had a whole bunch of variegated seedlings! I am hoping that there will be some stunning plants coming out of this bunch. I will take pics this weekend and post on Monday!

Cheers

Dennis

[bgl]

Some great photos in this thread! I really enjoy bromeliads, even though I have to admit, I don't know that much about them. I plant them and then let them do their own thing!

One of my favorites is this Vriesea "hieroglyphica". (I believe that's a hybrid?). Surrounded by a sea of ever-spreading Neoregalias.

(Edit: trunk to the right is a Ravenea rivularis)

[bgl]

And in a different area of the garden, two massive ohi'a trees fell back in 1999 (one was leaning on the other). I cut off, and removed, the crowns of the trees, but left the main trunks and some of the larger branches to become part of the landscaping. The  I planted a whole bunch of the 'hieroglyphicas" on top of the fallen trees, and they've all done very well since. Here's one (with a few more visible in the background). The surrounding palms are all Carpoxylon macrospermum.

[Gonzer]

Bo, your last photo showing hieroglyphica (a true species) exemplifies the way it is found in habitat perfectly! Great shot and an even better setting.

[amazondk]

Bo,

The Vriesea "hieroglyphica" grows in the mountains of the Atlantic coast rainforest of southeastern Brazil.  They used to sell wild collected ones on the streets of Sao Paulo all the time.  It is one of my favorite bromeliads.  One of the striking differences between the southeastern Atlantic Coast Rainforest and the forest here in Amazona is the quantity of bromeliads found there.  I used to love to walk in the middle of so many bormeliads.  One of my favorite weekend activities while I lived in Sao Paulo was bromeliad hunting.  Unfortunately I only have a few of the many species I collected.  But, many are growing with people that I gave them to.

dk

[bgl]

Gonzer and Don,

Thanks for the feedback! And good to know that this is a true species!

Bo-Göran