The 4000 is what has been logjamming the registry for the past several months, and it's not even halfway finished.

POINTLESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! to register that all of the grex's..Don't get me started on this subject

I feel embarrassed as an Australian that Golinski is doing this. It is a sore point for me too, Lisa and HDD. Mr Allan Freeman now resides in a nursing home with serious dementia. Maybe it's just as well he is unaware of what Golinski has done to his reputation as a hybridiser. Here in Oz, the sentiment is "oh, just another Freeman hybrid", which is sad for Mr Freeman, because there are some beauties amongst them - but of course far too many similar so-so ones now monopolising the database - and these were created about 10 years ago! I know Uncle Derek is not impressed either. And as for Golinski's enhanced photos.......!!##**?!!

On a brighter note, congratulations to Lisa for her admirable hybrids finally making it onto the database - see "What's New" on the fcbs site. Some really outstanding billbergias and I love Ae. 'Haiku' and 'Heather Tweed'!! - actually Lisa, I have seen some of your recent hybrids 'in the flesh' at Olive Trevor's "Olive Branch", Brisbane. Olive asked me to send you her best regards, and is happy for me to post some photos on this forum of your hybrids growing at her nursery, yet to be released here. Hopefully I will get to that soon.

Cheers,
Kerry

A maximum of, say, five - ten registries per month is what's needed. What is happening is not endearing me to Mr. Golinski. How can anyone play baseball if one person has all the bats, balls, gloves and bases?

I think Kerry summed it up pretty well. There are some in this swarm that I really like, but the deluge of others just drowns them out. Unfortunately I think most people, myself included, will lump them all together in the "Bromagic" group and ignore the whole lot.

As annoying as it is to see hundreds upon hundreds of these registered (or I guess thousands) I just tune them out.

I stopped looking after 'Endless'.... seemed appropriate. I like Mike's suggestion to put them in the "Bromagic" group. The only thing distinctive about a lot of them is that they're spelled differently.

I'd like to echo Kerry's sentiments on Lisa's new hybrids. It's nice to see some new entries for a change that aren't Neos. I really like Ae. 'Heather Tweed' and a lot of the Billbergias.

I see the list of [expected] Golinskis: skip, skip, skip, skip, skip...

...then...wait...some Lisa Vinzants: A breath of fresh air.

Thanks for mixing it up for us Lisa.

All nice hybrids, especially like A. Heather Tweed and B. Pipeline.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I wish the photos had turned out better, but I guess it does provide a nice break from all the look-alike Neos. ;-)

I'm glad to hear your input, Kerry. For a while there I thought maybe it was just us Yanks grumbling! It really is too bad because if Golinski had just selected the best or most distinctive one or two from every grex it would have enhanced Freeman's reputation instead of cheapening it. There are some very nice looking hybrids in there, including a few I'd like to have, but I'd put that in the double digits, not FOUR freakin' THOUSAND. I'd like to hear Keith's rationale for not being more selective. It certainly isn't helping his reputation any either. He must be aware of what people are saying about it.

Give Olive and Len my best regards! I was hoping to see them in Florida, but they had to cancel out.

Ok, who among us has lots of money? Sorry, but it's not me just yet. Bromagic is for sale!

He claims to have 10,000 unique neos!!!!! 4,000? just the tip of the iceberg. Still, if his data is correct, these 10,000 unique bromes have been 10+ years in the making and he seems to have pups of most every one for sale. If this bothers you and you have the cash, you can put an end to it.

Its been for sale 10 years.....
Kerry I knew Mr. Freeman was ill...its very sad that the last of his seedlings had to end up in the wrong hands

Bromagic makes me cross, I skip his auctions altoghether. How can he garantee this swarm of new releases will keep their identity, wouldn't there be a chance that the next lot of pups produced off these broms aren't like the parent plant?

Hey Kiwi,
There is a chance that the pups won't look like the PHOTOGRAPHED parent plant! - but otherwise they should be the same, bar the odd sport.
I believe Keith Golinski is also a very good artist, amongst other types of ...artist. I have seen one of his paintings, and it really is very good - well, I think so. Maybe he should stick to that form of art.......hmmmm!

Cheers,
Kerry