Neo. ID...found a name,a new can of worms....oy vey!

12 years ago

Well I went to the Bromeliad site that was recommended to me. that is full of pictures,including the (Neo. Donger). Well...it turns out that my smaller 'Pimento' looking Neo, SEEMS that is is Neo.Donger, from the pictures I saw, the dark big basket full of plants, looks like mine. BUT I know the name that came with it was much longer than just Neo.Donger.

NOW I also saw a lighter colored leaf Neo.Donger in the 3 pictures listed under Neo.Donger. I have that one to. It is lighter, has pink and green leaves, and it is also in full sun, as is the darker one is as well.

BUT I have a 3rd one that I do HAVE the tag,...and it is called. (Fireball 'Albo-Varigata' Donger). And it is a mid pink striped version. I didnt see it in the Donger pictures. Are all 3 of these the same plant? But all 3 are in full sun here in south Fla,and all 3 have 3 different colored leaves. Ranging from the dark red striped one, that is pictured on that Bromeilad site, to the mid pink and green striped one, that is also on that site with the darker red one, to the 'Albo-Varigata' one, that is more pink and white and is NOT shown with the other 2.

Now i am more messed up. They are all near each other, they all get full sun nearly all day,under a Plumeria tree,and they are all Neo. Donger? With the exception of the 'FireBall Albo-Varigata', I dont have the tags for the other two, but they are in the picture listed under Neo. Donger. on that Bromeliad website of pictures.

Does that mean they are the same plant, but got crossed by someone with some other variety of bromeliad? And I got all 3 and they are just slightly different because of the crossing that must have happened? So I have 3 'Neo. Dongers'....that are just slightly different? The sizes are close as well. The 'Albo-Varigata' is the only one that gets rather big,up to 8in across, instead of 4-5in. It gets bigger with more light. In less direct sun,it is the size of the deep red Donger one that i wanted the name of.

So....now I have the puzzle....do i basically have 3 'Neo.Dongers'? That are slightly different, because someone crossed them with different bromeliads?

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Comments (5)

hotdiggetydam
12 years ago
Without seeing photo's of your plant its hard to tell if all 3 of your plants are the same but Donger is an albamaginted plant(white margins on the outside edge of the leaves). A variegated plant has the gree edges on the outside leaf edges.
See if you can view this photo. And remember these plants are just children they can have the same parent and NOT look like each other.
http://fcbs.org/images/17thWBC/HeadTable/BODIII_17thWBC.jpg
aveo5
Original Author
12 years ago
No picture in your posting....thats what happens when I TRY to pot a picture. I just cant do it either. I know that 'Albo' gives a white edge, or white in it,that what one plant that I have, that also doesn't have a name tag on it, has, but it is in with the pictures of the 'Neo.Donger' pictures on that Bromeliad website. So two of my 3 'Neos' are all Donger crosses I guess. But the one that I have the name tag on,is called 'Fireball Albo-varigata', and it is a light pink and has stripes of pink,white and dark pink.

So...I guess I will just put a tag in them all of 'Neo. Donger' I got them all at teh same time from the same person on EBay like 4-5 years ago....IF I could only remember their name, i could get the name they called them. But i cant recall their name, so, I am stuck with Neo.Donger..they must just be all crosses of Donger. Guess I like it. They grow so easy and depending on the amount of sun,I can turn them all totally green, or they turn into their full color,.....from light pink to burgundy stripes. I just would have liked to have known the actual name of the deep burgundy one. It must have some 'Fireball' in it,since it puts out so many 'stolons' like the Neo.'Fireball'. Easy to grow,fast to spread and pretty.
I just hate not knowing their names.
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hotdiggetydam
12 years ago
I didn't post a photo I put in a link for you to cut and paste to your browser. Dongers parentage is unknown but has been around along time with the name.
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http://fcbs.org/images/17thWBC/HeadTable/BODIII_17thWBC.jpg
aveo5
Original Author
12 years ago
I tried it and it didnt work....all i got was 'no such page' or something like that.
kathi_mdgd
12 years ago
It worked for me,and that thing is beyond Gorgeous!! TFS
Kathi