Hope @ScotTi doesn't mind, I started the new thread for June.

I just returned last week from spending 3 months in Utah, home schooling my grandkids. Phew. Now I am digging my garden out of a mass of waist-high weeds. Thankful for the few days of cooler weather we had last week, although the rain was a bit much. Phew, again.

Found this lovely Aechmea 'Perez' that @ardesia gave me several years ago. The original plant is still there, but winding down, and it has 3 pups around it now. I'm going to have to find it a nice new pot to spread out in.

My A. Black Chantinii with a nice big bloom on it, too.

Welcome back to FL, Elaine and thank you for the June thread. Nice blooms. Bet you're glad to be home.

Aechmea Nudicaulis Xavante

N. Cruenta

Sherri, that shot of N. Cruenta is stunning.

Nice NOID Neo I uncovered in my garden this morning.

Lots of Neos are blooming now, funny they all seem to have their season to bloom.

N. Purple Phantom a smaller Neo. It's up in a tree.

This big thug really does have it's "season". It blooms and makes a huge head of seeds that turn ivory/white, every year in June.

It is such a beautiful thug.

I like those kind, the bloom then the seeds are just as, if not more interesting. A. Mend and Alvarez are the same way.

What has happened to Scott Ti, haven't seen him around?

Let's hope he is enjoying a vacation someplace nice.

ardesia said:Let's hope he is enjoying a vacation someplace nice.

Yep!! Enjoyed my vacation very much. The best part was blowing my Stimulus check on some Bromeliads.
This is a peek at a new genus for me that stimulated my eyes.



Anyone want to take a stab at the name?
Hint: It's a tongue twister.

Ornamental grass
Schizachyrium or Japanese blood grass Imperata cylindrica? Just a stab in the dark red and green foliage...

Could it be a Fascicularia bicolor?

Or maybe Araeococeus flagellifolius?

ardesia said:Or maybe Araeococeus flagellifolius?

👍 Araeococcus flagellifolious

I finally got something right.......

ardesia said: I finally got something right.......

Take a stab at this one...






Hint: It will obtain good coloration in strong light growing conditions.

Glad you had a good vacation Scott.

Interesting bromeliads. Never heard of Araeococeus flagellifolius so I Googled it (good guess Alice) the pictures look like the second one you posted.

I confess, I googled "grass-like Bromeliads" then took a guess(s) from the images. I'll have to go back and do it again, I remember seeing something like this current mystery brom.

Alice the bromeliad detective

ardesia said:I confess, I googled "grass-like Bromeliads" then took a guess(s) from the images. I'll have to go back and do it again, I remember seeing something like this current mystery brom.

This one will be fairly easy once you find the genus as only 2 species exist.