Australian and New Zealand Gardening: Bromeliads For Novices and Addicts - October 2014, 4 by SBMLM

SBMLM wrote:
Hi all,

Beauty of a day here today.

Spent the morning mixing with all the other buyers at the Bromeliad Society of Australia spring show. Geez there were a lot of people crammed into the Burwood RSL. I think they need to look at a larger room as it is getting very popular. It wasn't a relaxed atmosphere like Nev's show was. Plenty of plants though and as usual spent far too much on these bloody plants! Might be cheaper to have a gambling addiction.

Diane, I too have been having difficulty with the light situation for all the different plants. I am trying out different spots around the garden to see how they are affected.

Nev, thanks for the info in your last post. As far as the heating thing goes, I do it for work and I am going to install some hydronic panels in the house before next winter, it would be an easy task to run some floor heating pipe out the back and strap it to the mesh under the plants. Normal water temp is about 45 deg but prob run at 30 deg and see if it helps. Like you said I would have to work out the costs of it as gas is a lot more expensive than one pound per trailer load of coal/coke.

Anyway, hi to everybody else, have a good weekend.

Some pics from today's purchase, not the best light though.

Pic 1 Neo Marble Snow
Pic 2 Neo Groucho
Pic 3 Till. ionantha
Pic 4 Orthophytum gurkenii 'warren loose'
Pic 5 Neo. Noble Descent