You have a beautiful garden and some really beautiful plants Fred, thank you for sharing those videos. I loved the small bromeliads in the trees, and the large ones in the ground are spectacular.
I don't need to know the precise hybrid name, I'm just looking for enough information to grow it successfully. I will definitely take your advice and not experiment with mounting the mother plant. As for watering, I can keep water in the cup but I'm wondering if I should use reverse osmosis water, I have that kind of water available, as the well water and city water here are both very hard, very alkaline with a high PH. My second question is if this type, it's what you are calling a Neo I think, is OK with less light. Where I have it now it gets bright light for a few hours a day and what I would describe as medium to heavy shade the rest of the day. It is open above it with only screening but it is a narrow opening so only in the summer is there direct sunlight and that's mostly over until next year. I can give it more light if needed but I don't want to burn it. If I can do well with this one, I now have a source to buy more. I want to have some success first though.
I would guess that your climate in southern Florida is similar to mine, a little colder in the winter. Mainly, do you get the heavy tropical rains we get in the summer and if you do is it a problem for the broms not to rot or get too much water? Our rainy season would be pretty much over now except that we are going to get a lot of rain from hurricane Rina. I'm guessing your generator has something to do with hurricanes so you know how that goes
Thanks for the help, I'm enjoying this new adventure as I haven't really noticed bromeliads like these before, they are around but I wasn't paying attention. The ones I've had have been smaller, less showy and more like an air plant as they were all "found" plants that were growing in trees.
