NEW BROM SHOTS

[Pedro 65]

[Really full garden]

Really beautiful broms! What is the one in the first photo?

[Ben in Norcal]

Stunning collection there, Pete!  I need more canopy...

[Pedro 65]

32 minutes ago, scottgt said:

Really beautiful broms! What is the one in the first photo?

Thanks Scott, its called Neoregelia "Sonic Boom", it grow to 1mtr wide, mine is still a young pup looking fwd to Spring/Summer so it can put on some great growth. I'll put the pic of it for ya below so you dont have to scroll up   Pete

32 minutes ago, Ben in Norcal said:

Stunning collection there, Pete!  I need more canopy...

Thanks Ben, "Best" canopy for Broms is 50% S/cloth well above.   Pete   

 

                                                                                

 

                                                                                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Really full garden]

It really has an upright form ,so not typical of the Neos.?

[Pedro 65]

29 minutes ago, scottgt said:

It really has an upright form ,so not typical of the Neos.?

The upright leaves are young and small, once they get  over 1ft long they start to lower themselves, this 1 that looks very similar ( below centre) is called Neo Sharkula which was bred by Chester Scotak and Peter Tristram . Look them up on the Bromeliad Cultivar Registry, both mentioned have bred "Killer" looking Broms.   Pete   Edit,, Scott, you should fly to Costa Rica and visit Chester Skotak, make sure the Visa card has "plenty" of credit   Im very fortunate that Chesters good buddy/friend  Peter Tristram lives just a few hrs Sth of me     

 

 

                                                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[LJG]

Pete, I will add a few of mine tomorrow. Been going crazy with Stotaks. I love the Neoregelia silvomontana you have. Those are one of my favorites. I have one and found out quickly it doesn't like the cold. It is on its way back but certainly a potted from from here on out. 

[Josh-O]

5 hours ago, Pedro 65 said:

speechless!!!

[Pedro 65]

Thanks  Len and Josh and btw the small palm seedlings are Ceroxylon Q's that breezed through summer. Heres a few more shots I took on this rainy cool day which is a good time to take pics of Broms.  Pete  

3 Pics down closest   is XHohenmea"Psycho" which gets to 4ft high  I love the hybrid and bio generic hybrid broms. Nearly all the X Hohenmea's have been bred in Oz ( had to put that in)   

 

[Monòver]

Your bromeliads collection is amazing!!!

You have every plants i love: palms, bromeliads, cordeliny, plumerias.

Thanks for the pictures.

[Pedro 65]

4 hours ago, Monòver said:

Your bromeliads collection is amazing!!!

You have every plants i love: palms, bromeliads, cordeliny, plumerias.

Thanks for the pictures.

Thank you Antanio, Bromeliads are great fun and "very" addictive plants  Pete

 

[Really full garden]

Love your XHohenmea"Psycho, want one now. 

[Pedro 65]

9 hours ago, scottgt said:

Love your XHohenmea"Psycho, want one now.

It grows huge and its X is Aechnea bracteata X Hohenbergia Leopoldi horstii, and near all other bar a few are Aechmea chantinii  x H Lh, I thought I'd add some of them as its sunny today and they look better on the dry sunny days, they are all good lookers and very fast growers. Scott, if you "really" want 1 Chester would have some stached away from seed being sent over, if not are you allowed plants sent to Guatamala?  Pete    Its not allowing me to upload any fresh pics which is "Weird"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pedro 65]

Great Scott,   the pics finally loaded this time, hope you like em

[Really full garden]

Thanks Pete, those are spectacular. I love their almost prehistoric look.

I have never grown bromeliads from seed,but it is certainly something I aspire to learn.

[Pedro 65]

1 hour ago, scottgt said:

Thanks Pete, those are spectacular. I love their almost prehistoric look.

I have never grown bromeliads from seed,but it is certainly something I aspire to learn.

Scott, I too have "never" grown a Brom from seed, seems a very tedious task to me, Im lucky to have hooked up with a great breeder of these Beauties, so I just buy good sie pups...  I Love the verticalness of them and agree they look pre historic and each grex(  offspring) can be very different to each other. Chester would surely have plants, give him a call.  Pete

Edit Have you looked up the BCR website ?or  just googe X Hohenmea sp and hit images.

[Really full garden]

Yes ,I should go to Costa Rica sometime to check into that.

[Pedro 65]

1 minute ago, scottgt said:

Yes ,I should go to Costa Rica sometime to check into that.

Like the old Nike adv said  Scott.."Just do it"  Let him know well beforehand and get to know him before you ask < Ive never met him but its the "natural" thing to do, especially when your on the "Chase"    Pete

[User00]

beauties ,sadly we cant grow here because dengue  mosquito 

[Pedro 65]

 

Thank Ahmed, I "Love" Bromeliads, they havnt a lot of colour right now due to our short winter days and degrees the sun is hitting them. I and they both look fwd to Spring/Summer.  Pete  

Edited July 6, 2016 by Pedro 65
had to add words

[Gonzer]

Need a damn machete to get through yer yard Pete.

[BS Man about Palms]

Beautiful broms Pete. Thanks to the nice gent directly above me and a few others I have a nice little collection now. I always get super happy when I see a pup. :D

[Howeadypsis]

Wow those are fantastic! 

[Pedro 65]

On 7/5/2016, 3:22:39, LJG said:

Pete, I will add a few of mine tomorrow. Been going crazy with Stotaks. I love the Neoregelia silvomontana you have. Those are one of my favorites. I have one and found out quickly it doesn't like the cold. It is on its way back but certainly a potted from from here on out. 

Apologies Len for the delayed response,I missed it as Josh commented a few mins after and I didnt scroll up, to make up for it I went n took a pic of 1 of our Silvomontana's on this lovely "sunny" day  with my boot under it, sorry I had to take some more pics to add, as Ive always said, "Pics are better than Blahhs" even if they are of the same Brom , just a different angle/light etc etc    

Thanks Bill, Greg and Larry, hope you enjoy following pics.    Pete  

Pics034 and 043   is the" stunning" Julia, many thanks Peter Tristram your a Brom  legend matey   check out on the BCR bromeliad  website what she grows into 

I will take more pics  of Peter T's hybrids he's sold me, even when it was his last 1, Im not "pushy" . Peter knows they are going to a good home  

 

                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

 

[SubTropicRay]

I love the Neo gigas!  What's the plant in the 7th photo with red tips?  It looks like Neo silvomontana.

[Pedro 65]

3 hours ago, SubTropicRay said:

I love the Neo gigas!  What's the plant in the 7th photo with red tips?  It looks like Neo silvomontana.

Ray, my Gigas is too green to take a pic of  she is too green right now, so no doubt you are talkn about this beauty which is a Peter Tristram hybrid of Neo gigas aff Great white X Silvomontana and Ray I did post "many more pics" after the 1st post which incl this 1 with my boot near it and yes its Silvomontana. Peter T has Xd many great Neo's with Silvomontana.   I will no doubt post more but heres the 2 you are mentioning ( Great white X Silvomontana in the black stump and Silvomontana.  Pete  

 

                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

 

[Pedro 65]

A few more hybrids to add.  Pete  1st is a very young Silvomontana X Triffid   this will grow "huge", 4th is Macho X Silvomontana  3rd is Macho X Great white 2nd is Mac Regit ( macho x tiger) X Silvomonta