Nice colour Mike, but Wow! look at her teeth.

All the best, Nev.

I used to have something that looked sort of like that. It was tagged Neo. Takemura concentrica x carcharodon. I always wondered what "Takemura concentrica" was, but somebody posted a similarly named plant on a recent thread, so maybe that could be it? I don't recall that cross having quite such big spines, though. Yours looks kind of like somebody took that plant and crossed it with Tiger, Mike!

Now watch, it'll turn out to be an Aechmea....... ;-)

Lisa, I'd be lieing if I said the thought didn't cross my mind! lol

So you don't know, Mike? I thought maybe this was a quiz!

I have a bigeneric that looks similar except it is more black in color but the teeth match

I wish I knew what it was! I almost didn't pick it up because it had no label. Then I realized I was just being a brom snob and it came home with me.

I'd love to see a pic HDD if you got one handy. Bigneric would explain some of its "quirkyness". Maybe I'll throw the pups into two different light conditions and see what we come out with in terms of color.

Or maybe I should just stick it in a paper bag with an overripe apple ;)

Are Aechmeas ever that glossy? I have a tough time getting good pics of those glossy neos, but aechmeas (the ones I have) are easy. Bigenerics...No idea yet.

Whatever it is, it's delicious! I love the rich dark colour, leaf texture, large spines, and darker (almost black?) tips.

It does remind me of a neo I have, but still a pup, which is supposedly N. cruenta x Fosperior. I'd be happy if it developed like yours, Mike.

K

Mike, the colour and the spines of your plant, reminds me of a still young Neo After Dark that I have. When I got it from Michael a couple of months back, it was just green (maybe the long journey in a box?) but since then, it coloured up very nicely. It is in my 80% white shade house. When exposed to higher light, it gets even darker and even gets a hint of concentric banding. The cup colour it developes at flowering should tell us if yours could be an After Dark. I'm sure mine will flower next season then I'll post a picture (check FCBS in the mean time). And even though still young, mine also has a pup already!

Japie

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Mike, your brom reminds me of one I have which is a xNiduregelia 'Something Special'-
Neo. 'Vulkan' X Nidularium fulgens. I will take a photo of mine tomorrow when the sun come up. It's only a pup and not as wine coloured as yours but those teeth sure do look familiar LOL

cheers Rossana

as promised, my Niduregelia 'Something Special'.....

Hmmmm

cheers Rossana

Ya know if we combined your Niduregelia and Japie's 'After Dark' I think we'd be on to something!

I'll have to see how the pups grow out since the mum's condition may be affecting her form. Then I just hope to get some flowers . . . In the meantime I will treat her just the same as all her other named brethren, whether she be from a mixed background or not ;)

hi Japie,

what's that neo on the right side of yr 'after dark'?

thks/ Cecilia

I was at Michael's yesterday and lo and behold he had an exact match. You'd never guess it from Tropiflora's picture, but it's most probably Neo. 'Raspberry Ripple' ('Grande'x carcharodon).

I think I'll consider this case closed!

Here is a link that might be useful: FCBS: Neo. 'Raspberry Ripple'

You're right, I wouldn't have picked that out as a match from the lushly-grown Tropiflora pic, but the parentage sounds entirely plausible, Mike. See? I wasn't too far off! ;-)

To add to the confusion, 'RaSPberry Ripple' is an entirely different beast from 'RaZZberry Ripple' (link).

Get any goodies at Michael's?

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Of course! Including one of yours that I haven't heard mentioned before. I'll have to show them in another thread.