Spines...fun?

14 years ago

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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#2

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#3

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#4a

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#4b

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#5

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Comments (14)

devo_2006
14 years ago
Excellent macro shots...but you could give us a little more to work on ;-)

I'll take a punt...

#1 Neo. Yin
#2 Aechmea?
#3 One of your bigenerics, say Bill x Neo
#4 a & b pic's of the upper & lower leaf of a terrestrial?
#5 Hechtia?
bromadams
Original Author
14 years ago
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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kerry_t_australia
14 years ago
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
LisaCLV
14 years ago
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.....
I'll guess Ae. bromeliifolia for #2. Either that or pineliana.
#3 is giving me fits! No clue.
#4 Ae. macrochlamys?
mike4284m
14 years ago
#5 looks like Neo. 'Tunisia'.
avane_gw
14 years ago
And I'll take a shot at #4 - Aech bracteata.
paul_t23
14 years ago
Hi Nick, love the pics. Great to see them even if I don't have a clue what they are!
vriesea
14 years ago
Love the shots,but apart from Number 1 i am lost, i am with Kerry on this one, but great shots ,Jack
bromadams
Original Author
14 years ago
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.
LisaCLV
14 years ago
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.
bromadams
Original Author
14 years ago
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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rickta66
14 years ago
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
bromadams
Original Author
14 years ago
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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rickta66
14 years ago
Nick,

Thanks for the reply, I love the colour and form.

Rick