Hi everyone.

Paul - I've never heard of this plant before so I obviously can't advise you, but if you join up to Face Book, there are several sites on there that deal with specific genera.

The one dealing with vrieseas is https://www.facebook.com/groups/moonvriesia/ and as there are numerous members from all around the world and I'm sure if you posted your question there someone could advise you.

Alternatively, I could post your question there on your behalf and post any advice on here if you prefer to go that way.

There is some information about this particular plant in an old Bromeliad Society Bulletin (Feb 1970) in the archives of the Bromeliad Society International (http://www.bsi.org/new/ )

Open the site through the link above and from the home page open the

"ACCESS THE ARCHIVES" section and open Vol. XX Jan - Feb 1970 No.1

Sorry that's the best I can do.

All the best, Nev.

Thanks, Nev! Never bothered with Fb before but maybe now I'll "have to". :p

Hi everyone.

Paul - I was much the same about Face Book and preferred the various forums; however when they eventually "dried up", I decided to join everyone else who had gone to Face Book and was pleasantly surprised to find that Face Book wasn't just a social "gossip site" as I had been led to believe, but it had several very useful and friendly bromeliad groups as well; what's more these groups covered most genera.