Tropicals & Tender Perennials: I have discovered...., 1 by weed_woman

weed_woman wrote:
He's offered me an Aechmea pectinata or an Aechmea blanchettiana "Orange form" and said he was shocked about the rot, and also said he had cleaned it up with the hose. That was the biggest rot of all! I also noted when I went back and looked at the item description, that the photo listed as "The plant you will recieve" was not the plant I recieved as mine had no pink in the leaf at all, and the one in the pic did. I think he should send me one of each as replacement, as I bought an Aechmea blanchettiana 'Yellow form' for $20 off ebay a while ago, But I'll be happy to recieve anything as long as it is robust and ready to grow!
I recieved another (Neoregelia 'Princess Di') on the same day, from another vendor, and it was cleaned up beautifully, packaged well and had a little letter with lots of useful information in it. I emailed her straight away to tell her how happy I was with my purchase.
Today I bought an Ananas 'Tri-colour' from work for $5! Bargain! Is anyone else out there got the bug this bad?
There is a plant fair tomorrow up the mountains, and they usually have a great selection of Broms, but I'm not going! I really have to do some housework! LOL
Sue