Love those two Scott, I find the minis are so easy to handle and stick in here and there. Wish I could be at Tropiflora's blowout sale tomorrow.

ardesia said:Love those two Scott, I find the minis are so easy to handle and stick in here and there. Wish I could be at Tropiflora's blowout sale tomorrow.

I wish I was going, but I have other plans.
Good news is The USF Botanical Gardens here in Tampa hosts the Bromeliad Bash Sat Aug 26 from 9am-2pm.

Drat! I have GOT to move to Florida.

Black Chantini throwing a couple of pups.

ardesia said:Drat! I have GOT to move to Florida.

I have thought that also! Not just for those cool plant sales but also to plant these beauties outdoors.

ScotTi said: I feel as if stole this one yesterday @ $6. Looked good after I pulled 6 old brown leaves from the lower part of the plant.

Here comes the flower...

ScotTi said:
Here comes the flower...

Black Chantini ~ I love that outrageous color combination! Waiting on mine to bloom...

pod said:

Black Chantini ~ I love that outrageous color combination! Waiting on mine to bloom...

I get a craving for candy corn when they start to flower.

Agggghhhh, I am going to have to invest in Black Chantini, that is an outrageous color combination.

I may have to trade in my Bil. 'La Vie En Rose,' that monster is getting entirely too tall.

Nice bloom Scot They do sort of look like candy corn when they first come up.

Dave don't you just love to see pups emerging

I found some goodies yesterday at the Seminole Bromeliad Society's annual fall sale in Sanford. Check your local Bromeliad society sales, they really have some good prices.

I too have a thing for the mini neos, especially the very prolific. My Zoe is one of my favorites of the minis, took this yesterday....

Zoe has always been my favorite also.

Here is a cool one that came home with me a couple of weeks ago. It came with a name but I find no brom with that name anywhere. I will say its a noid for now.






Edit*
The plant was purchased only as Bromeliad 'Felix' at Lowes. After a little research I found the name was misspelled and should be 'Felice' a Albo form of Aechmea 'Fascini'

Interesting! Love the white reverse.

I am a little excited here! Here is a first look at two of my Aechmea 'Alvarez' X A. 'Mend' seedlings at 1 week of age. I have many popping up at this time.

Seems you should be handing out cigars.

Good growing!

This was the spot I was growing Neo Yin in for a few years.

I could not understand why the pups that grew from the original 'Yin' never looked like the mother. I now have read that albo marginated Bromeliads may not produce new plants true to the original.
This one had produced more red coloration when it came into flower this year.

Now I am noticing that it has produced 2 pups that have started with the red colors from the get go.

And this pup produced last year is sorta plain.

Update on the Neo NOID that I could not understand the colors on.
Purchased coloration...

The offset coloration that came into flower in May...

I see the coloration changing to white now as flowering is finishing...

ardesia said:Seems you should be handing out cigars.

Good growing!

Mother nature took the seedlings out yesterday with 5" of rain. Still have seeds and will try again, this time in pots not in the ground.

We have had so much rain this year some of my broms are looking unhappy. I don't think they like water in the vase all the time.

I saw this out in the yard and was a little surprised, I thought it was a little purple bloomer that I have, soooooI have no idea what it is!