Hello Everyone!

I've been wanting to add this photo to the plant database, but I'm not quite sure what kind of bromeliad it is! I believe it's a kind of neoregelia, but the genus is so diverse!

I took the picture at the Marie Selby Botanical gardens in Sarasota, FL.

Let me know if it looks familiar to you :)

That sure is a beauty.
I'm only guessing here:
Vriesea 'Hawaiian Rainbow'

This link has Vriesea species and cultivar names with links to images.

http://www.fcbs.org/pictures/V...

This is from the Marie Selby BG Bromeliad research program perhaps it will be helpful

http://selby.org/wp-content/up...

Thanks for the tips you guys!

I was looking through the MS list earlier, but there are hundreds of names! I might have some good luck with the other list you posted though because there are pictures with each name.

Moral of the story; I should take pictures of the identification tags of any botanical garden plants I photograph so I have their names :P

You can use the MSBG link to maybe get an e-mail address and send the picture and ID request directly to them. I do apologize, I thought I included the B Noregelia species/cultivar link also.

http://www.fcbs.org/pictures/N...

I have taken photos of plant labels only to find them too out of focus to read when I got home.
May be better to jot the info in a little notebook with a reference to the # of the photo.
(I have a lifetime stack of photos and still can't tell which child is which; look at me trying to tell someone what to do. )

It sure is a beauty! My first thought was Neoregelia which have teeth along the leaf margins; I don't think Vriesea have the teeth but I can't remember for sure. So many Brom's look alike to me and I have difficulty telling a Vriesea from a Neo. from a Guzmania.

Certainly a type of Neoregelia carolinae 'Tricolor', Striped Blushing Neoregelia.

Haven't seen one with the spotted blushing.

Vriesea have sword-like spikes.

Maybe something like Neoregelia carolinae f.tricolor x concentrica.

I agree! I can't find any pictures online with splotches! I might have to email the botanical garden :p

I'm still guessing and searching...

On page 47 of this Selby pdf:
http://selby.org/wp-content/up...

26- 22 Neoregelia carolinae (Beer) L B Smith ii forma tricolor (M B Foster) m B Foster ex L

The search result here:
http://fcbs.org/cgi-bin/dbman/...
Lists the plant as 26-22.002 but there is no photo available.

Ahh, so close! :p Thanks for searching with me. I just thinkt it's so interesting and want to know what its name is!

Usually I keep searching for something until I find it (it's almost like a fun puzzle or a hunt!) but there's just so many varieties and not enough pictures out there. I finally emailed the peeps over at Marie Selby, and they responded and said that they will ID it for me. Mystery almost solved!

Too cool...my Mom used to say..."When in doubt, ask.." But that was usually when we wanted to do something...

I think it might be a Neoregelia 'Andromeda' or Neoregelia 'Sarasota Sunday'.

Still not 100% sure and am waiting to hear back from Marie Selby. Might need to poke them again :p