[GrowRR] Vriesea 'Eclair'

[AAPT allan]

Hi Derek and all???

I have just joined this robin and seems like  I have just missed the 
boat????
My name is Alan Ladd and am another Oz  Brom., grower,

I like growing broms from seed and was hoping to find out what was available 
in the way of new commercial and collectors hybrids?

Particularly in Neoregelia and Bilbergias????

the viresia erythrodactylon clone is novel , have not seen this type of 
variegation befor...

alan ladd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "derek butcher" <tillands at senet.com.au>
To: <BROM-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>; <GrowRR at bsi.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 9:48 AM
Subject: [GrowRR] Vriesea 'Eclair'


> Connoisseurs all,
> It was gratifying to get such a response on this variegated Vriesea
> erythrodactylon. It all seems to stem from an importation that John Arden
> had in the 1980's (as a gratis!) from Seidel in Brazil.However he does not
> have any survivors. It is listed in Seidel's Catalogue No. 80, 1981 so it
> could have been imported by others. I would not give tuppence for the
> variegated form that is on the fcbs.org site but I am very interested in
> the form that was exhibited at the Mothers day show in Florida which links
> with what we have in Australia. The plant we have in Australia seems to
> have remained stable for the last few years since importation from the US.
> I sincerely hope it stays that way. Perhaps extra fertilising or growing
> under a more-light condition may cause it to behave erratic in its offsets
> but it seems worthwhile to give it a go. I'll be capturing it for the
> Cultivar register as Vriesea 'Eclair' with a bit of a note as to its
> history. Are there any more comments?
> Derek


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