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Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 8:22
| Please help me to clear up the name of this plant so I can give it a proper label. Could it be the original Neo carolinae? It stays green in the shade but get that bronze tones in good light and a bit of sun. The sepals of the plant are green and mature size is between 50 and 60 cm. When feeding the plant, it develops a very nice full rosette of leaves, about 30 cm long and 2 cm wide.
Thanks Japie
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| I forgot to add, the pups are produced on stolons but quite short, about 5 - 7 cm and the stolons go side ways in a slight s-form, not up like compacta. Japie |
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| I liked your carolinae theory until you mentioned the stolons, Japie. That doesn't fit, even short ones. I'm guessing it's a hybrid, but which one? |
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- Posted by hotdiggetydam (My Page) on Fri, Mar 28, 08 at 10:15
| Japie that plants looks like one I used to grow...was supposed to be 'carolinae (redleaf hybrid)'. I finally concluded that the narrow leaf growth habit came from it being a princeps cross...Anyway never could get any confirmation out of the plant...it made a lot of pups on stolens and filled up baskets fast |
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| I am still looking for a name for my plant and a few days ago, I came across this News letter where Unkle Derek wrote an article about Neo sanguinea. I also read somewhere that sanguinea makes very short stolons, but I cannot find that again. Could this be my plant perhaps? Any body out there growing Neo sanguinea? Japie |
Here is a link that might be useful: Neo sanguinea
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| I don't think so, Japie. Look at the sepals. Your plant appears to have green sepals and the inflorescence has a typical carolinae look (not sure how to describe it), whereas on N. sanguinea the sepals are very clearly red, and the inflorescence appears to have kind of a bud-like shape, more like compacta or macwilliamsii. I don't have it, and I don't think it's been in cultivation very long, but there are more pictures of it on FCBS. Look at the Tropiflora and Andreas pics-- it even has the finely speckled marmoration of macwilliamsii. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Neo. sanguinea
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| Here is a pic of my sanguinea. I've had a few pups and they don't have very long stolens. This thing was pretty much bloomed out when I got it (for free) but had a few good sized pups. It's quite large, but the guy I got it from tends to fert the heck out of everything, so I'm not sure what size a normal one would be. It doesn't self.
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- Posted by bromaloonie Aussie (My Page) on Mon, Feb 16, 09 at 5:29
| I have a brom called Delphine. I do not know if that is its correct name as i have not checked for it in the florida image section it looks alot like that one , but mine is very dark brown and grown in good light, in my beige shadehouse. I will try and find a picture of it! the pups are also grown on short stolons |
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| Japie, I am pretty sure that I have this plant lurking in my garden, it is unlabelled. It could also be Neoregelia Cheri Mignon off the Aussie brom site. Rick |
Here is a link that might be useful: Broms in Aus
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