Bromeliad ID please

17 years ago

I feel like giving all you experts out there a little quiz! Please tell me what you think this is!!

A little back ground. Various time in the past when ordering plants, I thought about getting this one. But it had a very stiff price tag on it. So when I got the opportunity to get it at a much lower price, I went for it. Today, when I the plants arrived, I tried to guess the names before looking at the tag when opening the box. I had no idea what it was and was sure I did not order it. Ok, I must say, I never saw one in real life, only the pictures on FCBS - and we know that those pictures are not always a good indication of what the real plants look like. And this one, I might add, there are similarities, but is also vastly different!

So, please give it a go and tell me what you think it is!

Japie

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inang
17 years ago
I am not an expert but I like it and hope I can find it. Is it Rosa Yvonne?
LisaCLV
17 years ago
Japie, could it be Muscat?
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bromaholic
17 years ago
OMG..could it be Neo Pride of Churchill...nbr 1 on my Neo Lust List?
hotdiggetydam
17 years ago
Its kinda young to ID. Surely 'Rosea Striata' is involved in the parentage
avane_gw
Original Author
17 years ago
A tip - it is NOT a Neo . . . . it is not a bi-generic either!
splinter1804
17 years ago
Hi avane, what about a striated form of Ae. fasciata albomaginata?

All the best, Nev.
inang
17 years ago
An aechmea luedemmania? Dying to know, thanks.
hotdiggetydam
17 years ago
Ae Electra or Electra red line red line
LisaCLV
17 years ago
Bill. Dorothy Berg? Mine doesn't have striation, but that's all that comes to mind.
avane_gw
Original Author
17 years ago
Ah ha!!

I was expecting a Billbergia with nice variegation with somewhat of a pink flush if it was exposed to bright light - and it arrived beautifully red striated as well - even with some concentric banding! I asked Lyn and she said she got it from Michael.

Now I am just hoping for some of those white margins to turn green!!!

Have you got a picture of yours, Lisa?

Japie
kerry_t_australia
17 years ago
Ummmm....an albomarginated form of Ae. fasciata 'Kiwi'??...nah, the stripes would be more obvious on the underside of leaves...

ummm....Ae. 'Rodco'??

ummm....I give up!

K
LisaCLV
17 years ago
I don't have a pic on file, Japie, but I'll see if I can get one. It is just as you describe.

Meanwhile, isn't that a sliver of green/purple on one leaf margin?
neomea
17 years ago
She is tooooo pretty!

Nice score Japie!
LisaCLV
17 years ago
Japie, here's my Dorothy Berg:

{{gwi:518509}}

The pinker one is showing a bit more of the dark banding, but no striation to speak of, other than the variegation. I don't know why the difference in color, since they were all potted at the same time. Maybe the greener one had a better root system to begin with, or got some mix with a bit more fert in it. Either way, they're all within the normal range of coloration for this cv.

I've never seen a bloom on it, and even though it's supposedly a variegated form of Gerda, it's never gotten as big as Gerda.
avane_gw
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks very much for the picture Lisa! Isn't DB supposed to be a form of Grande? I like the white look as well, but from your pink one I can see that it is the same as mine. I'm going to ask Lyn for a picture of all of hers to see if they all got that striation.

Japie
LisaCLV
17 years ago
Japie, Grande was originally called Gerda, but it's not the same as Foster's Gerda. So I guess that's why it doesn't get as big (d'oh!). Beadle renamed it Grande to avoid the confusion.