Pictures of some of our vrieseas

16 years ago

Hi everyone,

Just posting some pics of our vrieseas for a bit of cheer at start of working week. Our policy with vrieseas is to get as many type as we can lay our hands on! On most wanted list is Vriesea Tiger Tim as seen on the new book ~Bromeliads for Connoisseur's by Andrew Steens- Does anyone have this plant?

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bob740
16 years ago
Beautiful Vrieseas', Jaga
One of my favorite genera,so your photos were a pleasant surprise.That'Blackberry Crush'would look terrific by my dining room window. Actually,they are all excellent,so thanks for the posting.
Bob
neonut
16 years ago
Hi Jaga,
wonderful plants. I have a few but am not very successful with them. I find neos much easier to grow so I mainly stick to them.

It could be just the lighting but Pacific Blush looks the best to me.

A pity two of your photos were spoilt by the background. Ooops sorry, I didn't know that was you.
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Hi Lisa, I was not aware that there were different forms of philippo-coburgii...although, now I give it some thought it does not realy surprise me, as there seems to be different forms of every B Bromeliad....! My original 2 were picked up from the sales table of our local Brom Society. They seem to be the same as all the others I have seen around the NZ collections. I have come across the odd one that has poor leaf tip markings, but put this down to just "one off". This 'form' is obviously the standard form we have here. It is the same as that pictured in Andrew Steens book...Bromeliads for the contemporary garden, P157. (the photographed plant is just grown in a little more sun). I have seen some photos of philippo-coburgii that were growing on the Sunshime Coast in Australia, & they seemed to be the same form as we have here.....nice defined dark leaf tips, with the very black base. Anyway, I will make some enquiries with collectors here to see if they know of a variety name for our plant. As it is a species, I know seed is available from time to time, so that could be an option. I had a nice batch growing from seed, but chucked it out after about 12 months, as my plants produce so many pups I do not have space for many more...!
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Hi all many thanks for the comments. Matt, check out 'broms in the park' post-shows off Totara Waters gardens. Atm, this is a debatable question which comes up all the time, in the case of the Vr Vistarella (vista x Marcella)shown here its a one off out of a grex of hundreds that Peter has kept back for obvious reasons and the red center lineation has occured on every leaf so my guess its genetics but will have to wait and see what the pups do. Your Fosteriana seems to suggest virus as when they variegate the lines are wider and more white at the variegation. Lisa, Dont know how the 'Tasman Candyman' appeared again but now that I know it stesses you up will have to crop it away next time or maybe not......... Han, Yes these plants are a few of hundreds planted in their garden. Vriesea's dont seem to suffer as much through the up to -4 frost winter as other genus do and thats why they have been so popular here.
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Hi Richard, The images of Vrieseas in your collection just blow me away. I don't get to Oz or NZ too often - sadly never, and I doubt I'd be able to bring plants out to UK anyway - so before I start trying to source some of the Vrieseas you show from US or elsewhere, it would be helpful to know what temperature/humidity range your plants obviously thrive under. Your "location" in Australia would be helpful as a start for me, or if you have the time & inclination to help a newbee Vriesea collector with max/min temps that would be appreciated. I have acquired some Vrieseas (+ other Broms) from "Michaels Bromeliads" in Florida during visits to US and there is a source in Germany (Westermann) I will try, but with the cost of importing from these locations to UK I wanted to make sure I can keep them happy (for a few years at least) in my garden/greenhouse. Apologies for very late response to your original post but I only just came across your super images. Many thanks for brightening my weekend - the link to your post is recorded for regular visits during the UK autumn and winter!! Thanks, Norm
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Hi everyone, Jaga that sure is a beautiful plant from the NZ stable and thanks for sharing it with us. Jack, what's all this bull...t you've written "OK you guys in NZ win". It's bad enough when they win the rugby and win at making the best Sauvignon Blanc in the world without encouraging them any further. I think there's quite a few of yours up there in that same class. Seriously though, I totally agree with you when you say "makes one wonder though, what else can be achieved further down the track". Just looking at the new hybrids that are also popping up in Neo's (I use Lisa's batch of babies she posted recently as an example) as well as Vrieseas, gives us food for thought about what lies ahead in the future. The mind boggles at the possibilities. Wouldn't it be great to be able to come back in a hundred years and see what the hybridists have have been up to? As I've said before, "long live the hybridists" All the best, Nev.
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LisaCLV
16 years ago
Very very nice! It seems the Vrieseas don't vary as much as the Neos in response to location. Yours don't look much different from Hawaii-grown plants. Different names from any I know, but similar crosses.
jaga
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16 years ago
Hi Neonut,
Guess we have to respond to that- apologies for the background- rough Kiwi, but required for scale. (Brad Pitt wasn't available & Agatha wisely refused to have her photo posted. !) Yes Pacific Blush is a great plant- it's a hierolgrophica hybrid by Andrew Malloy which goes bright red under high light and can take a lot of sun , so may do well in Aust- it's still growing too so would be interesting to see how large it gets.
We would love to grow neos the way you guys can, some of your posts are very drool inducing.
devo_2006
16 years ago
Hi John,

A nice collection of Vriesea's there...!

That Vr. Tiger Tim caught my eye as well...if you do find any PLEASE let me know...!

I have just managed to cross one off my wish list. Vr. Dark Knight.

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A few days ago I was given a nice pup from this plant. It is a fantastic Vrisea, as large as an Alcantarea, and the markings are just stunning.

One more nice Vriesea hybrid from the same hybridizer is Vr. Phillip Foster Red, is hybrid of philippo-coburgii (plant in background) and fosteriana rubra. This plant was just green all winter, but has now started to colour up with the warmer days. Should prove to be a great landscaping plant.

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jaga
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16 years ago
Devo, nice plants. I agree the Phillip Foster is going to be a good one- we're waiting for ours to color up but have seen it bright red & yellow - stunning. The other good one is the nova queen - (nova x fosteriana) Will post more photos once they grow up.
Lisa, the reason the names would not be familar is because most of these plants are not registered. We managed to obtain couple of Shiggi's vriesea (Midori & Hawaiian Sunset) & they seem to like it here!
Looks like the hunt is on for the Tiger Tim- it's mentioned in the book that it's an Australian cultivar so i wonder if any of the Aussies here have one (pics?).
kerry_t_australia
16 years ago
Thanks for all the beautiful photos - I love the foliage vrieseas best. As an Aussie, I don't yet have a 'Tiger Tim', but believe they are grown by a fellow named Peter Tristram, of Repton, N.S.W., who just happens to be attending the Australian Bromeliad Conference this coming weekend. I will ask him about it, and possibly be able to photograph it as well - plus hope to buy one myself! From memory it is a cultivar of Vr. ospinae var. gruberi - a fantastic foliage vriesea, but very cold sensitive. Will keep you posted.
Regards, Kerry
hanwc
16 years ago
Jaga,

Fantastic Vriesea. May want to know where to get thsoe beautiful Vriesea?
User
16 years ago
Great plants Jaga (you too Devo!).
hotdiggetydam
16 years ago
'Drool'
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16 years ago
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atmccmn
16 years ago
NOW....this is the most 'interesting' of all the posted pictures. Looking foward for more! :-))
sander_s
16 years ago
Nice!!!!

This is my biggest one after three years of trial and error in the Netherlands.

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That's rain btw, not drool.
avane_gw
16 years ago
Hi John, VERY nice plants! And I can only dream about them as vrieseas are even more difficult to get hold of here in SA as new Neo's!
And Devo, Phillipo-coburghii and fosteriana Rubra were alway some of my favourite vrieseas, and combned into one plant, WOW!!! Japie
jaga
Original Author
16 years ago
Hi Hanwc & Japie
We are very lucky as beautiful vrieseas are constantly being created by our local hybridizer Andrew Maloy- there'a always new releases at a special event called `broms in the park' on Nov at our friend's fantastic garden in Totara Waters- he sells most of Andrew's plants & we have brought a Kiwi Sunset to Malaysia to see how it'll go Hanwc- will keep you posted on that. (Which part of Malaysia are you?) We have to own up to having a lot more of his plants then what we posted- will post some more later.
Check out limk below for Totara Waters.
http://www.totarawaters.co.nz/
hanwc
16 years ago
Hi Jaga,

My place is close to Kuala Lumpur. I haven't got a chance to get any of the New Zealand hybrid Vriesea.
nikki2007
16 years ago
Beautiful plants I love colourful and good shape next month I have appointment to collect Australia Vr hybrid hope fully get the good plants.

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