Nice photos!

Last one could be Treasure Chest. Love the banding on that concentrica x Hal Ellis!

Welcome bromcrazy! Glad you decided to join in...another Aussie...hmmm we'll have to get more Kiwi's on board to even up those odds.

You know how to make an entrance...great photos of well grown plants. Your Morado shows great form & colour, and the concentric markings on concentrica x Hal Ellis are very eye-catching. Are you up in the subtropics of Queensland?

When you download your photos to photobucket, there is an option to automatically reduce photos, use the 800 x 600 or 640 x 480 pixels and that will give you photos that 'fit' well on the standard screen.

Cheers, -Andrew.

Thanks for the welcome!!! (and the photo tips, Andrew)

Lisa, the Neo in the last pic is some 55cm across. Much bigger than my soon to flower Treasure Chest and I have taken a quick snap of the two together for comparison. A hastily scribbled tag came with this Brom that reads "Acanther Crater Proserpine" (I think) The writing is almost illegible.

Andrew, I live in the Whitsundays and am most impressed that you could tell by the photos.

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Neo ?? and Treasure Chest

Cheers,
Shirlene

I don't know what that larger neo is Shirlene Bromcrazy, but welcome aboard :) Looks like us Aussies are taking over!

Those neo and V.'Angela' photos are great, and beautifully grown - onya!

Cheers,
Kerry

Nice pics and plants!!!

Bromcrazy,

Nice photos, my pick would be Neoregelia concentrica x Hal Ellis - that looks quite stunning to my untrained eye.

Rick

Yes, I can clearly see the difference there, thanks! In that case I have no idea what it is. ;-)

Proserpine is a cv. of concentrica, and I believe acanthocrater is an old synonym for concentrica too, but none of that does you any good as your plant is obviously not a concentrica!

Thanks Lisa!!!

I figured the label was meaningless, although I had no knowledge of the acanthocrater/concentrica connection.

Coincidentally, Proserpine is a town about 20 minutes drive from here, and is where I purchased the plant... Agreed, it has no resemblance to Neo. Proserpinae on FCBS. But then your comments helped me to find the following link. Bobby Dazzler??? I have my doubts about that!

If he remains nameless I will not be too concerned. This is one particularly attractive stranger I don't mind lurking in my back yard. ;)

Here is a link that might be useful: Neo Plutonis - Proserpine

Welcome newbie, great photo's. well grown plants
Your unknown looks like my Bobby Dazzler.

Well there you go, hotdiggetydam. Bobby Dazzler it is.

My other Bobby is very bright red, but that could be due to its younger age and location, location, location.

Thank you.

The plant is variable,,bright light here produces a pink spotted plant and lower light the plant is a reddish pink here. And it changes alot as it matures. I have a plant hal ellis X barbarian that changes the same way but does not have the confirmation of Bobby D

Shirlene, Welcome. And what a great entrance you made. Your plants look very good. I also love that concentrica x Hall Ellis. Also Morado. The form of your plant is just stunning, that's probably what gave Andrew a clue as we in the temperate parts of the world just cannot grow a rosette like that and are always very envious of you all living in the tropics!

Japie

Thanks for that link, Shirlene. If Uncle Derek is right, then my concentrica Plutonis is incorrectly tagged (even though it was supposedly Luther-approved!) Funny how all those articles that are supposed to "clear things up" just make me more confused. ;-)

If that is Bobby Dazzler then that explains why a visitor to my nursery asked me if one of my plants (correia-araujoi x Treasure Chest) was BD. I can see some resemblance to your picture, but not to the FCBS photo or to Shane's either. Very nice plant!

Lisa what is wrong with your concentrica plutonis?

It has a periwinkle blue cup, HDD, and is a fairly large plant with somewhat narrow light green leaves and relatively little dark blotching. Doesn't match the description in Derek's article (i.e. smaller size, red cup) or any of the FCBS photos (except maybe Golinski's?) at all.

I'm not going to run out an change the tags unless I get a reliable ID on it, though. I was told that Harry gave it the thumbs up as Plutonis, but maybe I'll send him a photo the next time it blooms just to double check. I gave up trying to keep all of the concentricas and concentrica-type hybrids straight long ago. There are just too many of them!

I have one plutonis that looks like Kawika until it blooms and then its a lavender/pink flush...and all the pups from it do the same

Greetings Shirlene , wonderful pictures of your Bromeliads , say gidday to your Dad for me .. Michael

Boosting up the New Zealand contingent, Welcome along 'bromcrazy', just love that N Morado, certainly put our examples to shame, lets see some more. Heres a pic of our N 'Bobby Dazzler', also about 550mm diameter. Had a very wet winter with not much sun so splattered green markings are on the leafs, come summer the leafs turn bright red and lose the markings.
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Hi jaga,

Thanks for the pic. My other Bobby Dazzler looks just like yours, though smaller. I really like the combination of green on that rich red background, so might leave it the shade after all.

More pics you ask... They pale into insignificance alongside those that Chanin has offered us, but here are some for those of us who like the concentric patterns:

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Neo. Leopard?

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and an Aechmea blanchetiana hybrid:

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What is the first Neo in that last batch, Shirlene? Yes, I'm a big fan of concentric bands!

Another unknown, Lisa. That one actually has Neo Unknown written on the tag :)

Having unidentified plants never used to bother me too much, but when they shape up to be better-than-average potential parents, I feel a little frustrated. Not that I have tried hybridising, but it seems a natural progression...