That is a winner of a plant

Great photo of the flower spike, Sander!

Cheers,
K

Very nice, Sander! Has your older one rooted well? I could never seem to get this species to send out roots.

I have 'em mounted Lisa and they root well. The flower is awesome!

Neo

Sander, I have 2 clumps. One is mounted on the trunk of a tree fern that is growing over my Koi pond. The other one, is just one pup that I attached to dead tree stump in about August last year. There was a small little hole in the wood, so I just pushed the pup in there. After about 2 months, I could see some roots climbing out of the hole and shortly after, 2 pups followed.

When I tried to grow it in a pot or planted in the soil, it nearly died every winter. But since it's mounted, it does very well. I am holding thumbs for a flower this summer since your one is flowering now!
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Japie

I have had no problems with rooting. When I repotted the old one to put it in this pot is has formed some roots. It was mounted when I got it. The newer one was in a pot when I got it.

The new one in flower came from a heated greenhouse so it's clock may be off. The plants and pups are about the same size so I guess they are the same age. So I am not sure that it is normal Vriesea flowering time over here.
I have an Amoena from that same greenhouse in bud right now, also some Neo's that came from there, are at it 6 months earlier than my other neos.

Since they look happy to me and Japie has had trouble keeping them alive in winter I decided to keep them where they are for now. Indoors at a nice constant temperature and no rain.
Japie, do yours get much sun?

Here'a pic of the side that gets the most sun and has the pups. A bit hard to make out the pups due to camouflage. (Or is that glam-o-flage?)
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Sander

That's a great photo of the flower spike Sander. Guttata is a poplar plant here, and seems to grow equally well as an epiphyte, or potted. They do look stunning when grown in a hanging basket, and allowed to form a large clump. I've found that the spotting stands out if the plants are grown in high light, & not fed too much.

Here's a scanned photo of one I had in flower a while back.

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This morning I noticed that my guttata X mint julip, guttata X erotica and guttata X purple pendent pods had popped! Seeds have been duly sown!