Haha! Dennis Actually. the Neo. car x hl x punctatissima has two pups in the making. : ) and the Tiger cub hybrid is pupping too. Graeme The rainbow is not young, just that I pruned the lower leaves recently. It has been under shade for a while to prevent it from getting burnt. You see, after a few days of gloomy days, a sudden afternoon of hot sun can ruin all the broms. That's how my LP X Car ended up like that. This is a picture of the rainbow with better colour and before pruning. You are right about plants blooming shortly after arrival from overseas. Recently we have many newly imported plants blooming for us due to the 'cultural shock'. Haha!

Jack, Your observation makes sense. They're both Grace Goode hybrids, and share at least the same seed parent ('Maid of Honour'). According to the Cultivar Registry, the pollen parent is not declared for either hybrid. It's possible that they are grex mates? Thanks to all for your kind comments on the Vriesea hybrid. Paul

Hi all, I'm interest in seeing picture of this hybrid. Anyone have picture of it ? (CAROLINAE X CONCENTRICA )X(PAINTED LADY X JOHANNIS RUBRA) KIEHL Recently, i got a nice small offset with tag quoting this. ( Will post some pics later ) (CACHARODON X CONCENTRICA )X(PAINTED LADY X JOHANNIS RUBRA) When i saw this one on the michael's list, i just wonder if the seller gave me a wrong tag.

Thanks for the pics Lisa. I am new here but not too new to gardening. I have a few bromeliads which I have kept for over 10 years now but most of these are, I'm sure, the very basic stuff compared to what you guys have. I live in Malaysia and as Atmccmn said bromeliads are not too popular here. There is no Micheal's or any of those places in Stephania's pics above. Stephania, Thanks for all your posts about Chatuchak. After a while I caved and made a visit to Bangkok last month. The plant market is incredible. So much to see although I did not see Cryp Lisa and also Cryp Dennis Cathcart. Can you tell where the nurseries referred to above are? I would really like those on my second trip to Bangkok. I love Cryps. I have about half a dozen of them, will learn to post photos soon. Thanks to all for inspiring.