Hi everyone. Carol, your run-of-the-mill Neoregelia 'Morado' (Your words not mine) is a very desirable brom and worthy of a place in any collection; I don't have it myself, but I wish I did. When I looked it up one the Bromeliad Cultivar Register I can see it also responds to different growing conditions and the amount of light it's grown under. See: http://registry.bsi.org/?genus=NEOREGELIA&id=5907#5907 When you eventually remove the pups it would be worth experimenting with different light levels by trying them in different areas of your garden (But not full noonday summer sun) I think you will be surprised at the variation in the colours even in your own yard. It was bred from two parents one of which is a species and the other a hybrid (Neo, carolinae x Neo. 'Painted Lady') which will both change a lot in colour depending on the amount of light provided as you can see by the pictures of Neoregelia carolinae below (copied from the internet) which are clearly very different in colour. If you open this link: http://registry.bsi.org/?genus=NEOREGELIA&id=6185#6185 you will also see what the Neo. 'Painted Lady' is capable of and your plant of Neo. 'Morado', like all hybrids would have inherited some of these traits from its parents, so it would be interesting to see how much variation there is. All the best, Nev

Debra, I totally agree. when I saw your photo of them I was instantly in love...I wanted them badly. I found one person who had them (Valley of the Dayllys) but only on paper. He managed to fine two tiny fans, but they did not survive. Those gorgeous fans you sent me did survive and they are thriving...they are taking turns, one day on fan, the next day the other fan blooms. They are just huge and nicely tall...So striking. You just remember... I will always share with you. kay

Pictures not showing up is sometimes because they haven't fully uploaded before you hit submit. They'll start off kind-of greyed and then become full color when they're ready. As for the whole post not showing up, I'm not sure but maybe it was too big? You might try breaking up into a couple pictures in the first post and then subsequent pictures in the comments. I don't know what would cause it to look like it posted but not actually have posted unless it's some weird timeout issue or hitting a limitation that's cause it to bounce ...

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