Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Bromeliads and succulents coexist happily together in Tampa , 1 by weed_woman

weed_woman wrote:
Where I am is quite sub tropical and gets quite humid during the spring/summer and autumn, making it an ideal temp for the Spanish moss. I bought a plastic bag of it off a man years ago and draped it here and there and now it's everywhere. I use it to disguise logs, poles, fences, wire e.t.c.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure the purple ones are Bromeliads. The Nursery specialised in Bromeliads for the big department stores, but I don't think they had their stock up on that one yet. They get alot of tissue culture from Asia to start the Bromeliads and to keep up the stock. (It's my dream job to work there!)
We have a little bit of rain at the moment, but when it clears enough I will take a pic of some of my Brom gardens, but mean while here is one I took a couple of weeks ago of an unidentified Brom in my Garden. (think its an Aechmea)
Sue