It's a cross between a Neoregelia and a Hoya! ;-)

LOL Lisa. I shook it upside down just in case it was a hoya flower, its def' stuck in there and has grown since I first noticed it.

Seriously, Sutto?

That doesn't look like any part of any bromeliad I've ever seen, but it does look very much like a Hoya flower in the cup. Try flushing it out with water and see what happens.

Hey Sutto - are you having a 'loan' of us?? - or has Kiwi or someone played a trick on you in middle of night with a magic superglue and foreign flower?
I agree with Lisa - it has to be an intruder! But hey....very funny.
Thanks, and have a good one.
Cheers,
Kerry

He he he nope I haven't played any tricks on her and I believe she has nearly strangled the poor brom trying to see if it is fake or not but it is stuck fast.

I thought maybe it had been cross pollinated by a bird, plausible you think?

Um............. no.

First, pollination in no way changes the form or genetic make-up of the plant in question. Any influence from the pollinator is seen only in the seedlings produced.

Second, a plant can't be pollinated before it has produced a bloom.

Third, this is clearly a Neoregelia. The only other plants it is closely enough related to to be successfully pollinated by are other members of its own tribe, i.e. the subfamily Bromelioideae. None of them has a flower like a Hoya.

But aside from that................. sure, why not? ;-)

G'day Kerry, Kiwi and all:-)

Well, you got to watch that Robert, he sells odd plants LOL It got to me today so I shoved a stick into the brom and wiggled madly, and yep, its a hoya, the stem was caught between 2 leaves - which is why it never floated. As for growing, ruddy thing was swollen from being in water for so long.
My sincerest apologies All, but really, Robert must take some of the blame here LOL