Righto Bob! Vriesea 'Sunset'?

Gonzer...just my first time try at posting a picture.The brom pic selected is actually a Guzmania 'Sir Albert',but it would easily pass for Vr.'Sunset'in appearence(which I have too).Except this Guz.is twice the size of Vr. 'Sunset'. Hard to tell from this pic, without something to compare it with in the picture.The Neo to the left of it is about 22" wide.I'll try to find/post my 'Sunset' pic,and another 'look-alike';Vr.sucrei x splendens formosa variegata. (an Expensive look-alike, I might add).Or I may take a pic of both together,and practice up posting it,before I forget how.

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Bob, That's great! I have had a camera for years and just now learning how to take pictures..and post them.

Yeah, that's a Guzmania, but thanks for giving me the cultivar name on the Vriesea. I guess it wasn't registered when I got it and I've gotten *really* tired of writing "Vr. sucrei x splendens variegata" on the tags. 'Sunset' is much easier! ;-)

Hi pillove. yep,the new cameras are really something. I kinda liked the ease of the 'point and shoot' throw-aways,compared to the 68 page instruction book you now get with the digital.(plus Spanish-French sections too).My method is to try everything you can think of,and if it don't work,then read the instructions.Posting a pic is an "interesting experiance". But we survive,somehow.Thanks for the comment. BobC.

Hi Lisa...I think you are saying that those two names are the Very Same Plant ! Hmmm,.. I paid $15 for the 'Sunset',and $45 for the 'sucrea x splendens formosa varigata'. Hmmm...

Gonzer, et al,...here is a photo of the Vr."twins",Sunset (L), and sucrea x splendens formosa (R). Not in great color after a long winter indoors.Kinda 'leggy' too from less than ideal home lighting,and less sunshine. [and to think I paid $30 more for one....Arrrg ! ] Bob
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Things are almost always more expensive when they first come out, Bob, especially if they are particularly desireable. When I first saw that plant at Birdrock, Pam just laughed when I asked if she had any for sale. There was a long wait list on it at the time. I don't remember how much I paid when I finally did get a pup at a convention, but it was surely more than I'm selling pups for now.

Wait long enough and the price usually comes down, unless it's something really difficult to propagate. That's why I'm not going to scramble around trying to get a variegated Neo. 'Hannibal Lecter' now. I'll give it a couple of years....

It's good to check the parentage on a hybrid before you buy it if you're not sure, though. It's not surefire, since there can be many clones of a cross, but it can help you avoid duplication. The FCBS site is good for that, although the pics are sometimes misleading.

Here is a link that might be useful: Vr. 'Sunset' (FCBS)

Ok, here's mine in dappled light covered with Schizolobium flowers.
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Lisa,thanks for the morale boost.I did buy these plants years apart,but I did'nt know they were the same at that time.Now I know. I hear ya,about the variagated Hannibal Lector.I've seen some photos of them,and I don't see a great deal of difference between them and the Neo. 'Lou Wilson'[see it at FCBS]. The varigation seems alike, and the circular magenta rings,lines,and dotted designs seem pretty close as well. But maybe I'm missing something.
Hey Gonz...you need to hire a yard-boy to keep the #*&%*@
Schizolobium flowers out of your broms ! ;-) Bob C.

Yo, Bob! I yam yard-boy!!! ;-)