Is your show at the Fairchild? Have a great time!

If you stumble across the different Neo. carcharodon forms at Michael's I'd love to see a couple shots. I'm interested to see what "#2 hybrid, Brazil", rubra, rainbow, and giant look like.

I'll be there myself in a couple of weeks, otherwise I'd give you a very long list! ;-)

Most of the carcharodons are on FCBS, Mike. I don't know what #2 hybrid is, but if you go to the Neo file, you can look up the following numbers:

12. carcharodon (Rubra)
13. Giant
14. Rainbow
15. Silver
16. Silver Tiger
17. Tiger

Philo, OT but there's a palm at Fairchild I'd love to see (if you get a chance); Pigafetta filaris. Have a good time.

Lisa Where do those numbers appear?
Have a good trip philo, we arent far behind you :)

Hi Philofan,
If you see some outstanding Rhipsalis,a few pics of the different species would be nice. (and you could post them here,just mix in some broms to make it 'legal' for this forum) ;)
Thanks,and have a nice trip.
Bob

Thanks Lisa. I guess I didn't realize that carcharodon (Rubra) was just the regular carcharodon listed on FCBS.

HDD - If you go the Photo Index for Neos they are the corresponding numbers on the list.

Just lots of photos....have fun!

Mike that doesnt work for me

HDD, on the GENERA column on the left side, click on Neoregelia and a numbered list comes up.

Here is a link that might be useful: FCBS photo index

ok I see We werent talking record numbers

Well I dont have a photo of this one but here is the description
"Neo. carcharodon # 2 hybrid is a very wide leaf plant with glossy leaves. It's kind of like a carcharodon crossed with a wide leaf johannis type. It needs very bright light or full sun to bring out the color. The plant can grow over 3 feet in diameter so it takes a lot of space"

Sounds kind of like Bobbie Hull, minus the carolinae grandparent.

Thanks, all! Tomorrow will bring bromeliad heaven. Cheers.

I'm home and settled back in. My plants are potted up, so now I have time to post a few photos of my trip.

My first stop was Tropiflora after a red eye. I took my time going through the nursery and found goodies to bring home. Here are some shots from the nursery:

Here are some stephania for Stephania (BTW, I met your friend at the aroid show)
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That giant bromelia is even bigger this year...
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Some nice spinies in the shop.
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Neo Maya
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Neo Castigado
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Neo Heat Wave
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Neo Big Mac
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beautiful photos Philofan , Maya is going on my wish list
bradisha

Thanks, Bradisha. I will be posting some from Michael's next.

Hey...Philofan, you definitely make me drool (^_*)
and seem you had got the best into your cart...

Haha, yes, some goodies. I got more at Michael's, but not so much spinies. Your friend was asking for pups for you, but I didn't have any on these plants to give. But I think he was headed up to the bromeliad places after the show.

That's a very good news Philofan, because at least he tried to find spiney for me LOL..
For months, he just got only Anthuriums back to Thailand.
This aroid seem to be "fashion" here and everybody got crazy with them.
I think becasue they quite popular in Indonesia and those people keep on coming
to get here. You know, even my little An. radicans has been asked for sell 100 USD$ !

I'm curious, why are anthuriums so popular? I heard that someone there who had one won the lottery had an anthurium and now everyone thinks it's good luck toward winning. Is this true? I like anthuriums, but I don't understand the frenzy. Many aroiders I know get emails all the time asking for seeds.

Strange! This is happenning locally too. My friend was asked to supply thousands of anthurium hybrids seedlings to Indonesia recently. Mostly are those cut flower plants. Seems these plants are highly in demand there. Is it something going on there?

All the while I thought it's just rumours trying to push up the price of anthuriums. Seems to be happening elsewhere too...

Yes, the "1000s of seeds" is a frequent request. But for growers who have them, it is more profitable to grow out seeds then to sell them on the cheap.

The ones asking for seeds are aggressive and don't seem to understand "No", which makes this seem like the Nigerian lottery scam all over again.