The Aechmea is Ae. 'Nelwyn'. It's a cultivar of Aechmea pedicellata. The name is a tribute by John Anderson to Nelwyn Anderson, his wife for many years. John Anderson died just a couple of years ago. He was renowned for his unrivalled collection of Aechmeas.
The Tillandsia is Till. dyeriana. Yours looks very nice as a mounted specimen. Keep us posted on how it grows for you. Till. dyeriana is known to be a bit finicky in pot culture. I've killed one that way, and I know others who've also had problems keeping it alive. Perhaps mounting is the best way to go.
Paul

That last one is Tillandsia Dyeriana! Cool ID'd one myself.
The brom key for dummies (that's me) on FCBS made me think it was a Vriesea cause the leafs are not grey.

Found it on a dutch bromeliad growers website. Check it out below. It has all the broms commonly available over here.

Now the first one...

Sander

Here is a link that might be useful: The growers and improvers of Bromeliads from the Netherlands and Belgium

Dang! bromaddict beat me to it by two minutes..
I must learn to type faster :-)

Thanks for the ID on Nelwyn BA.

I'll keep you posted on the Till.dyeriana.
It was in a small pot with only stonewool in it.(is that the right word in English?) It was not rooted at all.

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Sander

Dyeriana is a problem plant for me too Bromaddict. From the well-grown specimens I've seen, a temperature of around 80°F (26.6°C) with very high humidity and a moist mix are the keys to success. Me? I kill 'em every time.

Both of em have pups, if they grow it might do fine in my terrarium. That has those conditions more or less.

In a few weeks it wil be getting really cold out here so I have to take 'm in the house. That will be to dry for them I guess.
I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to anything else than Neo's so I'll probably kill 'em.

On the other hand, since they were really cheap, 2.75 Euro's. (about 3$) I might even buy the lot to experiment with. They are sold as house plants, can't imagine anybody keeping them alive when they need those conditions. Might as well try to save them.

Hi all,
Well,reading the above comments about T.dyeriana and how touchy it can be,makes me wonder how I kept one for over a year,and then it actually bloomed for me !(before dying,I should add) I got it from Tropiflora,and some how it survived here thru a summer and a winter indoors by an occasionally sunny but cool and dry window sill. Just the perfectly wrong growing conditions. And then it bloomed very nice,large,and colorful orange with small white flowers. That was before my digital camera and GW,so no pic to show. I just thought I'd mention that even with the poor growing conditions,at least this one Til. came thru for me against the odds. Sometimes ya win one. ;^)
Bob

Yes, dyeriana do love the humid and tropical weather. Mine was mounted to driftwood with dappled shade. Fast grower too. They seems grow very well here but I find it rather reluctant to bloom.
Btw, the inflorescence do resemble the inflorescence of Heliconia rostrata.

Heliconia, right, that's why it looked familliar.

Saturday they had 6 left, today they had 20.
So I didn't buy the lot.

They buy them in 100pcs trays, grown from tissue culture. Since it's only 2.75 they don't pay much more than 1 Euro for them. (sorry I'm Dutch, can't help mentioning the low price)

I took home four more.

One in my terrarium mounted on a moist piece of driftwood.
One in it's original pot and medium on a dryer spot in the terrarium. Very high humidity bright fluorescent lights and nice and warm.

The other two in one tiny pot with 'good' Neo mix in the windowsill (west) cool and all the natural light they can get.

I only have to figure out a spot for the two mounted on cork. That's still outside now. That pup is even a bit bigger than a few days ago. Had some sun an lots of rain the last couple of days.

Let's see wich one dies first :-)

Sander