seemed to work...

I was lucky enough to add a few more Aech. Orlandianas to the mix recently. I was tempted to pot them up in the hope of hastening growth/pups etc but after seeing all the great pics on here I could resist mounting them. The palm tree they are in has nice little crevices where dead branches meet the trunks making nice little homes for the broms (with a little added twine/stocking). They look great here and is nice to have them out on display rather than hidden away in the brom house but I think come summer they might get a bit too much direct sun, especially on the super hot days, so will have to reassess then - hope they can stay where they are though as should look great as they settle in and take over...

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and some close ups...

Dark Form - beautiful one this - always catches the eye.

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Rainbow - another fave
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C - A

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Not a totally new area but newly cleaned and half re-organised area. Had lotsa dead climbing rose in the tree above to remove (and chop into tiny bits for compost) to let more light in as well as other plants from the area to remove and replant elsewhere or add to the compost pile, put stones down, shade-cloth up etc etc and finally more room for broms! - still a bit to do, as always, but getting there.

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and a cple of close-ups of some that caught my eye when had camera out

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happy broming folks
Kristan

Hi Kristan,

You're right, it's great to see them out and visible like that. Those orlandianas sure stand out a treat and I just love the way the patterning on the c-a is picking up the light. That sun looks pretty good for winter, and if the palm provides some shading through the middle of the day when the sun is higher in the sky in summer, particularly for the 'Ensign', then maybe they will be fine out there through summer as well.

Thanks for showing them. Cheers, Paul

Kristan,

Your clean up has payed off, your broms are looking very well grown.

Thanks for the tour,

Rick

Hi Kristan, looks like we were posting at the same time so I didn't see your last lot of pics. They look great as well!

A quick question if I might. In the third last pic, big red/pink Neo. in the middle - what name do you have for that?

Cheers, Paul

Hi Kristan Great pics of your collection. The Neo. in the first pic has great markings. Maybe someone can name it for you. Your orlandianas look right at home on the palm. Boy would that be fun to be able to do that. What is the Neo. in the next to last pic? And is that a Vr. guttata to the left of the stump?
Thanks for the show. Best Bob

Looks very nice Kristan. I have to use your quote here..."half re-organised area".
I'd settle for 1/10 of 1% of that in my yard!

Hi Kristan,

It's great when a plan comes together and starts to take shape. It's been a lot of work and perseverance, but you can certainly now see the benefits.

The whole area now looks like a work of art in progress and I love the little ideas you use along the way such as the rusic looking sticks tied along the front of the benches to give a more natural look, and the brush panels certainly take the "hard' look off the colourbond fence and look great too. The tree branch propped up on pots with the twisted end wrapped around the star picket in picture 12 looks great also and has lots of future possibilities.

You're certainly demonstrating how recycling various types of materials can be used to make a wonderful artistic statement.

Great stuff! and keep the pic's coming.

All the best, Nev.

"colourbond fence"? I was wonder about that.

Gday folks

thanks for the kind words - always nice to share these beautiful plants.

Oaul - the brom Im pretty sure you are referring to (middle brom in last group pic) is a Neo Painted Lady X Gee Whiz hybrid. One of those broms that really didnt look anything too special at first but now is one that always catches the eye - it really catches the light and glows - always looking a little bit different.

Bob, yep - still have a cple more palms so will be able to get some more up like that hopefully though some get a lot of afternoon sun so I;m just going slowly as I learn what conditions the broms can handle. Yep, that is a Vr. Guttata - sorry but not sure which one you mean by "What is the Neo. in the next to last pic?" Oh do you mean the single Neo in the 2nd last pic - if so that is Aztec.

Nev, Ive been trying to save as many branches etc as possible to play around with - as you mentioned, the twisted branch on the star post shld be fun to play with and shld look great once covered in mini's etc. As for the recycling elements - Im lucky we have a messy yard and struggle to throw anything out - never know when that old trike might be needed to hold up a brom!!

Time to get back into it!
Kristan

Looking great, Kristan! I too like your artistic, recycled touches. Considering where you live (or anywhere else for that matter), your broms are glowing with health and colour.

Once those orlandianas take root, you might be loathe to remove them. They look terrific on the palm. Sometimes we just have to put up with occasional scorched or burnt leaves when growing them as permanent fixtures in the open landscape year round. The overall effect is still impressive, especially if you half close your eyes for an Impressionistic view of slight damage due to M.N. My mounted orlandianas get their most damage in winter from the cold air around them.

Thanks for the renovation update. Well done!

K :)

bwahahahahaha - just made me laugh out loud Kerry - considering I can only see out of one eye and that has the effects of cataracts, dodgy retina, glaucoma etc etc my view of the garden and all things in general is VERY impressionistic and somewhat surrealistic - maybe thats why the broms fit in perfectly! .-)

Nick,

Colourbond is a brand of pressed coloured steel used here in Aus for fencing/roofing etc.

Rick

Sorry Nick - Yep the Colourbond fence is the steel fence you can see in the background of some of the pics. They are a popular mass produced fence here in Aus - they are as study as an Army compund and also make any yard look like one!

have a good one
Kristan

I googled Colourbond and found their web site. That is some serious fencing. The bamboo screen looks like a great way to dress it up.

Hi Kristan,

Did not you just say you were new to bromeliads? You stocked up quite significantly.. Could "half re-organised" mean half of the broms are missing, indicating you would like to double the size of your collection..:-)
Everything is really neat and tidy.

Aechmea c-a is one of my all time favorite. It looks always great, even in shade and especially under lots of sun like yours and it is not too big.

Cheers,
Sheila

Cheers Sheila - well fairly new to bromming, have had a few in the garden for a fair while but have got more serious/addicted over the last year and a half or so. Yep - I have an addictive personality so I when it comes to broms I was always doomed!!

"Half-reorganised" certainly does mean there are many more Id like to add (too many!!) but also to the fact that I just cant help myself - as soon as I get an area in the yard clean and somewhat tidy (seriously, if you could see whats just outside of the frame in the pics you wouldnt use the word tidy!) I decide its time too start moving things around again to see if I can make a little more room, or replace an upside down pot with a log - still thats the fun with broms, always something to experiment with and learn from.