I like it, Paul, but it does look an awful lot like 'Sangre'.

I like it alot

Lisa, at first I thought- well, youÂre probably right about the similarity between the two plants. Yet, IÂve always felt that there was something quite different about that particular plant- without seeing the details. So, you made me go figure out exactly what that was. (thatÂs a good thing!) Comparing the two plants side by side reveals the difference. Whereas B. ÂSangre has a uniform maroon background color and ivory spots/blotches with (mostly) well defined edges, my hybrid has additional "measly" spotting and all the spots/blotches tend to be surrounded by areas of lighter pink. Billbergia ÂSangre is on the left and the hybrid is on the right.

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The difference is even more pronounced when the top/ inner leaf surfaces are compared.

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The grex has been extremely variable. You might expect that, given that ÂHallelujah and ÂSangre each is the product of three parents themselves- six different species in all. Most have been very pretty, even if they were only red tubes with no or little spotting.
Some of the other possible keepers- pending flowering.

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Paul !
Register it !!! ....and send me one for.....'safekeeping',
[as the saying goes, "I like it alot" !]
Bob ;^)