Australian and New Zealand Gardening: BROMELIADS GOING INTO WINTER 2015, 4 by splinter1804

splinter1804 wrote:
I've done it again; missed another post, this time the one from Brian, sorry mate.

Sounds like you're having similar weather to us; last night while watching TV it poured rain for about twenty seconds and then nothing more since, how's that for weird?

It doesn't look like any rain about down here so hopefully more yard work will get done.

It sounds like the Ques. marmorata is like the Ques. liboniana as its flowers only have the life span of a Billbergia as well. It's no wonder why people often get these two mixed up with Billbergias as the short flower life combined with the growth habit they do look similar.

There’s no names on your pic’s today, is the second one Ae ‘Burgundy’? That’s a couple of nice pups on you xNeophytum, is it Ralph Davis?

If you’re after plants that will keep their colour in lower light, you can’t go past Ae ‘Jean’, always looks nice, easy to grow and a prolific “pupper”, what more could you want?

Some others worth considering are, Nidularium campos portoi, Nidularium innocentii var. striatum and Nidularium ‘Miranda’. All are atractive plants and look good even when not in flower. Another good one worth growing is Nidularium longiflorum; although the foliage is just plain green in colour, it does have a long lasting flower which looks like a large red Tudor Rose and lasts for months. It has undergone some name changes and there’s talk of changing it back to Nidularium innocentii.

A few pic’s of the above to finish with, Pic.1 Nidularium campos portoi, Pic.2 Nidularium innocentii var. striatum, Pic.3 Nidularium Ruby Lee. Pic.4 Nidularium longiflorum and Pic.5 Nidularium ‘Miranda’

All the best, Nev.