Mario, I've also bought from them through the web and I've gotten neo's that they don't adverstise. You have to call; they've got a collection and will only tell you about it, if you ask. Also, when I spoke to the wife, she said she does let collectors or bromeliad affiliated persons buy from them at wholesale prices ( I will be visiting soon when I go to Fl.). I did get great prices on neo's that I couldn't find locally. Call and ask to speak to the owners. There is a place out there called Canterburry and I will be visiting them too (they don't have a website, though).

Thanks for that visual feast, Mike! I'm keen to see what precious one you won at the auction. If you keep going at this rate, I expect to soon read about your travel itinery for your Amazonian expedition! Is the "error" the Guzmania minor, instead of Guzmania lingulata var. minor? I agree with Lisa that the aechmea looks like A. Foster's Favorite. I was also very taken with the N. silvomontana - and yes, I have mentioned it before on this forum. That is one of the three relatively newly-discovered species by Filho and Leme in the N. pernambucana complex of N.pernambucana, N. silvomontana and N. gigas. Leme officially described them in "Fragments of the Atlantic Forest of Northeast Brazil" (published April, 2007). They grow near each other (Pernambucano region, Northeast Brazil), and apparently at the time Leme "discovered" them (2000 and 2001), he was unaware that N. carcharodon and its variants had already been discovered, named and circulated. He does make reference to its affinity with N. carcharodon. There has been much debate about this complex of neos amongst a few enthusiasts here in Oz. I wonder about where N. Macho (R.L.Frasier) and N. carcharodon Tiger and Rainbow fit in the (new) scheme of things? Unc Derek says the true carcharodon must have white flowers. Here are a couple of pics I took at Olive Trevor's nursery of her recently imported N. pernambucana. I don't know from whom she imported it. Leme says of the complex, that they more closely resemble a wittrockia than a neoregelia. Just stunning! N.pernambucana pup And just to confuse the issue, here is a pic of what Olive thought was N. carcharodon Rainbow, but is not like those so named that I have seen on this forum, or elsewhere from O.S. It is now believed that this could be N. gigas, but it was imported into Oz by John Buchanan in the early 80s, as just N. carcharodon. I think I'll be studying that book more closely tonight! The photos in Filho and Leme's book of N. silvomontana do look the same as that magnificent specimen photographed by Mike. Does anyone else know more about this issue? Cheers, Kerry

Hi Bromaholic I purchased the plant from Michaelsbromeliads, Florida and its name appears on the list price as 'Fay's Big Purple' 9.00 'Felicity' (Grace Goode) 10.00 'Fernay Grove' (variegated cultivar of 'Aussie Dream') 15.00 'Fire on Deck' 10.00 'Fireball' 4.00 'Fireball' (F-2) (red spotted) Can you and Rick and friends in Australia recommend me a nursery specialised in vrisea-foliage type ? I am currently buying plants from Bromagic and Wholesale Bromeliads of Australia .

i am looking for 45 gallon to 100 gallon standards. maybe 2 of them at the right price.