HDD, picture #3, the peachy-colored one about to bloom-- is that an Ortho? If so, which one? It looks like a flesh-ripper but I think I need one anyway.

email Brian with the picture..if it had no tag I couldnt tell you..I was alone alot in the rain LOL

HDD,would you be knowing the name of the 'spiny' in photo #2,the gray one ?
I have one just like it,but only ID'd as
Dyckia sp.
Also ,the name of the closest spinies
in the photo above the last photo,the ones in bloom.
Thanks,
Bob

Brian who?

Lisa,
I would think its Brian Weber at Tropiflora,the bromeliad grower there.
You can see his photo on the Tropiflora website,click on the Staff icon.
bob

Oh, are we at Tropiflora now? I got lost. I guess I should have looked at the tags, huh? ;-)

second is winters edge...the other I dont know...it was storming when I took most of these

Lisa I went back and looked my rather soggy notes and I found a note on that photo Bromelia humilis but im not sure if its correct

Wow...while I was sleeping here in the East, there were a festival there :^))

I think I could ID some for you, Lisa, Bob and my dear HDD

The 1 st look like Dyckia encholirioides

The 2nd should not be D.'Winter's' Edge' as this cultivar has more compact rosette,
it would be a D. ML or its hybrid

Lisa, the 3 rd, blooming salmon plant is Bromelia flemingii, as I got one from Dr Larry.

And Bob, the blooming before the last pic should be xPuckia 'Sparkle'

All those spinies pics are really neat, so I can point to my friend next time
that which one I will get.

Thanks, Stephania! I looked up Bromelia flemingii on FCBS and I believe you are right. How big is that plant? I thought I was looking at something in the same size range as some of those Dyckias, but most Bromelias get pretty big. Most are flesh-rippers too, so I guess I was right about that part at least.

Plant was in a 6 inch pot Lisa and you can see how much it covered the pot..it is 12 inches across..I have no idea how big it could get since that one has bloomed already and declining

Comparing to anoither fiercer guy, I think B. flemingii is pretty good guy,
it look like some kind of big glossy-leaf Cryptanthus with flaming at centre :^)