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| I enjoyed Lisa's quiz and I'm awaiting the answer to #10 since I got that plant last winter and still don't know what it is. I was thinking Quesnelia but that's wrong.
I took these pictures back in March and I couldn't even identify my own pictures a few days later, so I stopped taking them. #1 is easy while #3 is a red herring. #1
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| Excellent macro shots...but you could give us a little more to work on ;-) I'll take a punt... #1 Neo. Yin |
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| Yes, #1 was easy. #2, #3 and #4 are Aechmea species while #5 is a small Neoregelia cultivar. Honestly, I don't know how you would be able to tell what they are. |
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- Posted by kerry_t_australia 9 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 29, 09 at 20:32
| Whoa Nick! Great photos, but so obscure! My eyes don't selectively focus as much as a macro lens, and I don't wear my reading glasses out in the garden...so I never actually see anything like that in real life. I have no idea what they are, but I like looking at them. BTW - Lisa's #10 is apparently Neo. princeps (different to the oft confused Neo. carolinae var. princeps). K |
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| Jeez, they're a lot harder when you don't already know the answers! These are more macro than my shots too. Well, #5 looks like Neo. Punctate Red (or possibly Tunisia) but the Aechmeas..... |
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| #5 looks like Neo. 'Tunisia'. |
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| And I'll take a shot at #4 - Aech bracteata. |
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| Hi Nick, love the pics. Great to see them even if I don't have a clue what they are! |
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| Love the shots,but apart from Number 1 i am lost, i am with Kerry on this one, but great shots ,Jack |
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| Japie, you got #4 right, and actually, #2 is also bracteata. Lisa and Mike you got #5 as Tunisia. #3 is a shot of cold damage on an Ae rubens. |
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| Do you have a larger shot of your bracteata, Nick? The spine shape of #4 is certainly characteristic, but I can't recall seeing one where the spines were darker than the rest of the leaf. |
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| Here is the same plant on the same day as the #4 pictures. I think that the trichomes can make the black spine look dull. Who knew there were trichomes on the spines? I tried to cross this with a triple genus overload and luckily something ate the seed pods so I don't have to grow anything out. I may try again in a year or two but this isn't my favorite plant to work with.
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| Nick, Is your Ae.Bracteata something special or just grown well? It looks a lot better than any of the photos on FCBS. Cheers, Rick |
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| I got that plant from Tropiflora a while back and it has never looked all that good to me although that is a very flattering photo. My neighbor has a better looking clone and I grabbed some seeds from that and grew a few. Here is an 11 month old seedling from the neighbor's plant: |
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| Nick, Thanks for the reply, I love the colour and form. Rick |
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