Well, I went to the USF Fall plant festival and Mom was buying so you know I ended up with many a bromeliad. Here are some pictures of a few...to start with, aechmea orlandiana. I love how it looks like someone threw paint on it.
My latest acquisitions
Billbergia pyramidalis They had a ton of these and I saw so many people taking them home. There were quite a few people I saw that this was their only bromeilad so I know they weren't just bromeliad crazy like me.
Now for some Neos! Here's Neo. meyendorffi
Neo "Grace"
Neo. "Tangerine" I saw this one at a previous festival, and I'm not a big fan of orange anything, but I couldn't forget it, so I gave in and bought it.
I bought my first nidularium a couple of months ago, and I liked it so much I got some more! This one is my favorite, "Odd Ball". The little blooms in the middle are a pale blue - so pretty!
Nid. Cherry Red - I don't think that's the actual name, I think the tag was just letting you know what color it was.
Nid. "Stripes" As you can tell from the name, this one has stripes on all the leaves. Very cool.
I bought a tillandsia duratii not in bloom. They had a blooming example and it was so lovely I had to have one. And the curly leaves! This picture seems a bit more purple; I thought the blooms were more of a periwinkle color. http://fcbs.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=photo&uid=default&photono=1486&ww=on&mh=5&view_records=View+Records
I got a few more, but not everyone was in bloom so I didn't take pictures yet. Some of them are: Aechmea "Foster's Favorite, Aechmea blanchetiana, Aechmea mulfordii, and a few billbergias I can't remember off the top of my head. I'm scratched to bits, but I had a great time! Anyone coming to the round up in Pinellas County next Saturday is going home with a bromeliad!
Looks like a great haul..I have the billbergia pyrm. in a variegated form with white stripes on the leaf edges
I think your "odd ball" is Nidularium scheremetiewii - stunning blue colors on the petals.
So jealous! Nice score mellielong! I am especially fond of the first one. Similar colors to one that Kell and Sue and I keep drooling over at the Conservatory in San Fran http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/129493.html
Oooh! I like that one in San Fran. That is really cool. Funny how it's a different genus and yet so similar. I just knew I had never seen anything quite like that so of course I had to buy it! Dave, the fcbs.org says it's a cultivar of nid. procerum. but that other one you mentioned has very similar blooms. They're all so pretty. I had never seen a nidularium at one of the sales until a few months ago and now I have several, yea!
Speaking of nidulariums...I was having trouble looking one up and now I find out it's been reclassified as a bigeneric! See it here... http://fcbs.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=photo&uid=default&photono=1286&ww=on&mh=5&view_records=View+Records
Now I have a niduregelia and a neomea! I love the bigeneric names.
Thier gorgous ! Do you plant them in the ground ? I have both right now but thinking of putting more in the ground as they do so well here. You and your Mom sure had fun shopping !
Thanks for sharing all your pretties I love them all :))