I feel a trip to Lowe's coming on today....my DH will shake his head at me when he gets home if I get more plants.
This year they would probably have survived the winter with some protection. Hasn't been much below 30 the whole winter. Only 1 below zero day so far - which isnt typical. No snow either. Maybe if I can construct a greenhouse (out of old windows) I would have better luck.
Thank you for the encouragement :)
Some beauties just for fun
This photo was taken at a botanical garden a few years ago. Unusual as it sounds, these broms and begonias were growing in full, blazing hot sun and everything was so red it was hard to look at.
wow they are sooo red even the begonias are glowing!
pretty much all of mine are from people i work who also are addicted... i mean collectors.lol
one more group of three
I just love those ones of yours with the big pink and blue plumes, Cassie. I might have to risk a trip to Tropiflora to find that one.
Looks like you have it growing in a pretty bright location in the picture. Does it get more shade in the summer?
Elaine, have you checked the sale table at Selby? None blooming but all are labeled and the prices are excellent.
Does anyone know which one this is? It was in the orchid room at Selby.
Gorgeous, Alice. I went To Selby on Member's Day to get my free plants, (two tiny orchids) and shopped the annual plant sale on the way out - got two humungous starts for $3 apiece. They are well rooted and growing now, but no blooms yet. I've only been back once since then, with a group so no time to shop . .. luckily. LoL
Ardesia I have no idea the name but looks like a bilbergia. I have never been to selby's looks gorgeous. The majority of my yard is deep shade. All the ones in the front are under a royal poinciana so there are no leaves through winter but summer all shady but they still flower nicely.
I did it...I went to lowes...
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So glad to see we convinced you to stimulate the economy there, Minne! You got some beauties.
Don't want to be left out of the "brom talk". I too collect them. These I purchased at the BR brom sale last summer. You can find some nice picks at the society's annual sale.
This NOID multiplies fast and bloom in October. They have thin leaves.
I got some good deals I think. A hanging ivy among them I got 8 plants, come cocoa liner, jiffy pot refils and three pots for less than $100 - used my military discount.
Fantastic deal, minne. Just one thing, broms do grow naturally where the humidity is quite high. They're ok with cool, it gets down to freezing even here occasionally and most nights are in the 50's in winter, but the humidity is usually at least 30%. They're epiphytes, so designed to collect water and nutrients from the air. (great indoor air cleaners!)
While you've got the heat on through winter, you might need to put them on trays of pebbles with water, (see podster's picture in post 8995220 above) or mist them whenever you get the chance. Also keep them away from heat vents, and grouped together so they'll help to humidify the air surrounding the whole group.
Ardesia ~ your plant with the gorgeous blooms is wonderful. I am assuming it is a bromeliad not an orchid?
This is some of my meager collection. Placing them like you said seems to work well. The greenhouse stays warm enough but is a bit on the dry side.
I am fairly sure it is in the bromeliad family, possibly a bilbergia as someone else mentioned. I would love to find one of them. It was hanging in the orchid house at Marie Selby Botanical Garden where they have a lot of varied, but all gorgeous, tropicals.
Oh poo! I thought maybe you had snagged that pretty... so sorry.
Love them all, try to post mine tomorrow.
Alice, that one is gorgeous!! If you find out the name let me know, would love to find that one.
Alice, I wonder if you could e-mail that picture to the experts at Tropiflora for an ID. They have so many, they might even have it for sale!
Hey folks, did you notice the new feature, we can upload up to 5 pictures with each post now!
Already did that, I'll let you know ASAP.
5 pictures at once? WOW, that will make things easier to follow.
would have been helpful yesterday...or was it there and I didnt notice? ;?
I haven't tried the pebbles with water, but sounds like what I need.
nice. So I rearranged the LR so the hubby wouldnt notice my new additions...so far so good ;) LOL!!
Ok her are some of mine. A little raggedy looking from winter.
I don't know the names...so if anyone has an idea, please let me know, Thanks
I know the third one is the urn plant and the fourth is a crypt
and some more
First one is a type of billbergia, I think
and a few more
Several of these have pups, so if some of you that have some different ones would like to trade, I will be dividing them in the next few weeks, hopefully.
These I have already divided and the urn plant I have already clipped 3 pups off of it.
Paula you have as many Broms. as Carter has pills!
GA girl, the first set of pictures, the one in the middle may be Aechmae fantastica.
wow i like the new 5 picture posts. that bilbergia is huge. the fourth one on the end of post ...101 might be an achmea blanchitana (sp?)
I am in love with that yellow green one (2nd picture), but all of them are outstanding.
Homer...LOL
Plants for peg, thank you.......can you ID the last two on 9101, they came from you about 2 years ago. I don't understand why the first one wants to grow sideways, maybe I need to repot it. And the last one has had more cold exposure than the other one. I am fairly sure you labeled them you sent them but the labels got lost somehow.
Candela, thanks
Alice, I will save you a pup.
Heres another I forgot to post. Its blooming....can anyone ID it?
GA, looks like those last 2 in post 9101 are both stretching for light since the leaves are so long. I usually send Neo. Spectabilis fingernail, but your pics are hard for me to identify. I don't have anything with yellowish centers. On the attached pic, Neo Spectabilis fingernail is the one on the left where you can see the patterned underside of the leaves. I will look at our Dmail and see what I sent.
I love the pic in bloom just above this post. We'll have to do a brom trade again.
Do try to save the "stretching" broms. You may be able to get some pups from them.
Thanks Paula, I have some new Billbergias, not sure about the flowers yet but when they bloom and pup I'll keep you in mind.
Peg, I know this has been asked before but is there a best time to remove the pups?
I remove the pups when they get about 1/3 the size of the mom. If removed too young I find they struggle to get roots. What works well for me is to slice the soil/roots where the mom and pup join, then wait 2-4 weeks before removing the pup completely. The mom may then make more babies. I do this usually when the weather is nice outside during the spring or summer and even fall. I find if I shower my broms once a month outside with the hose and get all the leaves and stale water out it helps. Don't be afraid to really "shoot um". It won't hurt.