Very nice Tomas. Yes, it is a pity that there is nothing left to dream about, but I am sure these babies can fill your dreams for some time!

There are quite a few of these that are still on my wish list, but the one that is top of the list for me, is Vr racinae. I like the way leaves curl down. And I think V sucrei will look stunning next to my clump of V erythrodactylon. Do enjoy them, they all look really very nice!

Japie

Tomas,

It looks like you have picked well, I have just started getting into the Vrieseas and Mini Neos.

Nova is up there on my wish list, Punctatissima colors up nicely when grown in good light.

Rick

Very nice Tomas

He has a short list and a lot of it I already have but I will be keeping an eye on that website.
Thanks for the tip.

I must have that red tigrina, that is a very nice one.

Sander

Here is a link that might be useful: westermann website

That is nice. V. Nova is a big favorite of mine. I give it a fair amount of sun and it looks great. I wonder how big it will get?

Yes, I was so happy about the Nova, I already ordered this plant from another source, but it looks quite different, never got the white so marked. Please check the link below and tell me what do you think about.
I would need some information how to grow the vrieseas racinae, lubbersi, flammea and sucrei, I only know that flammea and lubbersi should be quite hardy. How much light?
Tomas

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:467519}}

Your Nova looks a bit different than mine which I got from Michael's.

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Tomas,
Nice haul of plants! Any more name details on the red leaved ampullacea hybrid? That's a real cutie! Just a name reminder- Uncle Derek is asking everyone to re-label N. punctatissima as 'Punctate'.
Japie, Do you have Vr. sucrei, or are looking to aquire it? My plant just went to seed a couple of weeks ago, so if it's allowed for you to import seed, I could send you some.
wl, I've got a Vr. 'Nova' that is just about 3 feet across. It's acting like it might be just about ready to initiate blooming. The color resembles your picture. I've got some seedlings that I started from the seed fund a couple of years ago that are showing color like Tomas's new plant. I'm pretty excited about that!
Paul

Paul, thanks very much for the offer. I do not have V sucrei but a friend of mine is on a brom-buying trip and he promised to bring me one.

Japie

Paul,
no more information about the red variety of N. ampullacea. I asked about another plant and got a generic answer, so I supose it has no sense to inquire about this too. Could it be a cross with the red tigrina?

Here is another picture of the Nova, I thought it was a question of light intensity, but it looks like this variety is really more on the white side. The Nova of which Sander posted a picture some time before looks quite similar.

Tomas

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This is the same plant about a year later. The white seems variable, light and no fertilizer will make it whiter again I think.
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Sander

So I will give it as much light as it will take. But WL's looks like it gets the best amount of light, still looks different.
More than this, the FCBS Nova seems to be very different to any
http://fcbs.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=photo&uid=default&photono=1979&ww=on&mh=5&view_records=View+Records
and the whiter form of V. Nova looks more like the V. gigantea var. seideliana
http://fcbs.org/images/Vriesea/Vriesea_tesselata_var_seidelii.jpg
Tomas