I don't know what they are Nev except beautiful plants anyone would be proud to own.
They do have the look of xNiduregelia 'Something Special'
I suppose they would still be xNiduregelia since they call them by taht name no matter who the seed parent is.

Hi everyone.

I've resurrected this old thread just to show some other interesting results to come from this bi-generic cross. The three plants pictured were destined for the bin due to lack of colour but I thought I'd first try something that had worked with my Billbergias, and hung them high up just beneath the beige shade cloth roof so they got extra light and the result was most unexpected. They have now had a reprieve and won't be binned after all.

All the best, Nev.

Very nice. Good thing the fact that, "the leaves were a bit wider", caught your eye. Thanks for the update.

tj

Hi
everyone.

Here’s
a little bit more to the above story.

This
year I crossed some pollen from Neo. ‘Shelldance’ onto three flowers of the
last plant in the above three pictures and eventually seed capsules formed and
when ripe were full of seed which I sowed.

I
was looking forward to a very interesting result but am disappointed to say
that after three weeks the greater percentage of the seed has now germinated but
disappointingly all appears to be albinos. (See pic.)

I
know that if you make a cross using an albo-marginated plant as the seed parent
the resulting seed will usually produce albinos, but I don’t know if the
reverse cross would have the same result i.e. if the albo-marginated plant was
used as a pollen parent. Can someone please tell me what the outcome would be
in this case?

As
Neo. ‘Shelldance’ has coloured margins (albeit not albo) would the same result
apply, even though it was used as a pollen parent?

Also
is it usual for bigeneric plants which are supposed to be sterile, to produce
albino seedlings? I would have thought if they were sterile they wouldn’t have
produced any seed at all.

I’d
like to hear from anyone who can give me some answers to these queries.

All
the best, Nev.

Give the seedlings a lil time. No direct sunlight, just good light. I have a lot of Shelldance crosses and early on they appeared albino but later were not. I learned this after burning a few seedlings with direct sun. Its possible you have self pollinated seedlings. Time will tell.

What does the flower look like Nev?

Hi everyone.

Rick - The flower, looks just like a Neo, that's why I asked the original question of "What are they called"?

From what I've since been told, it doesn't matter whether they look like a xNiduregelia or a Neoregelia; if one parent is a x Niduregelia they are still bi-generics and are xNiduregelias.

I'm posting a picture of the flower from the plant which produced the batch of seed mentioned above.

All the best, Nev.

SORRY EVERYONE, FOR SOME REASON I'M UNABLE TO UPLOAD THE PICTURE, I'LL TRY AGAIN LATER.

Hi everyone.

Still no luck uploading the picture. I've contacted HOUZZ and requested help so there's nothing more that I can do; sorry.

All the best, Nev.