very very very nice!!!!!!!!

Thats enough to make me want to try keeping Tillys again!

When is Microsoft going to come out with it's "scratch and sniff" interface? LOL The flowers are a feast for the eyes! Too bad you can't share the fragrance of T. duratii!

And here is another blue flowered one blooming for me right now. Japie
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Atm, that is without a doubt the largest AND most picture perfect duratii I've ever seen. Lordy, Lordy, unbelievable!
Japie, is that neglecta I see?
Here's another in the "Mystic" series. It doesn't match any on the FCBS site.

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Nice pale pink on that one.

Japie, Thanks for the pict. The blue color is really beautiful. Mine never flower at all. Don't know why!

I used to ignore those mystic hybrids......Now my hands are getting itchy. Hahaha...Very pleasant peach colored flower, gonz.
Btw, do u know what's their parentage? I know albertiana is in it..

Yes, Gonzer, it is T neglecta.

Atm, my neglecta flowers usually in May on several growth points, but this year for some reason, it did not flower then at all and now only on this one growth.
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Japie, your neglecta looks beautiful!

Atm, there are a few different 'spouses' for albertiana in the group. The main donors include ixioides, muhriae, and arequitae. The one above is (I'm pretty sure) a variant of the "x arequitae" grouping.

Japie,

What are T. neglecta's growing requirements? It looks fairly green, so I am wondering how much sun it likes, etc.

Very beautiful flower, foliage combo - i like that green and blue.

Treehaus, I am not too knowledgeable about Tillandsias. Better ask Gonzer to tell you. I just have a couple, between 20 & 30, and I just hang/mount them on dead tree stumps. I try to give my greay leave ones as much sun as possible, but I do not always succeed. The neglecta is mounted on the log on which most of my grey leave ones are. So, in summer time, it gets quite a bit of sun - including the harsh midday sun. I also have a micro irrigation system that goes off twice daily in summer. But I try to angle them in such a way, that my tillandsias are not hit by the spray. They just get the benefit of the higher humidity. But I am also very fond of using a hand held hosepipe. In summer, on most days, I will give the part of my garden where most of my bromeliads - including the tillandsias - are, a good hose down. With a fine spray, I will wet everything. It is unbelievable how a huge, wet tree can act as an air-conditioner on a sommer's day. So then, the tillandsias also get sprayed! That happens maybe six times a week. And I rarely, if ever, feed my tillandsias. Japie

Neglecta can be grown just like it's name. Mine are treated to full sun and some to partial shade. Full sun plants do much better than those grown in lower light. Misting is done only (maybe) once a week. They prefer dryer conditions in my experience. If your conditions are quite humid like Japie's, misting isn't really even necessary. A tough plant but it can be a slow grow.