After the Show 2013

Sarasota Bromeliad Society Annual Show and Sale was held at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.  

Just some of the plants entered in the SBS Show and Sale .

First 3 photo's are the plants I entered in the show.

This was the first time we had a non- judged show.

Dyckia Heaven and Hell

Aechmea Aztec Gold

Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii

Other plants that were in the show of interest to me.

Dyckia reitzii rubra hyb.



Dyckia Snaggletooth f2

Dyckia's on rock

Dyckia's on rock

 Neoregelia pendula var. brevifolia albomarginated

Orthophytum rafaelii

 Tillandsia Fuego cv. of ionantha

 xNeophytum Cosmic Blast

 xNeophytum Hytime

 Some of the auction plants getting them ready for the auction.

I think their were 80 something plants in the auction.

 Some plants for sale.

 

It was a long 3 days.

 

Extravaganza is over

Don't forget Also coming up:

September 27th - 29thSarasota Bromeliad Society Annual Show and Sale
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
Many choice bromeliads will be for sale and a choice-bromeliad auction will be held Saturday evening, Sept. 28 (starting 8PM). Admission is the usual entry fee to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. The rare plant auction starts at approximately 8 PM and is free. 

 

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Extravaganza is over and it was a good one Hosted by Florida West Coast Bromeliad Society.

Sales were slow and I was hoping to break even but that didn't happen but we still had a good time.

 

Extravaganza also had 3 seminars, I didn't go to any of them.

I did go to the  rare plant auction and a banquet.

Didn't get any plants at the rare plant auction. Didn't see any of  interest to me.
The only plants I picked up were(see below).

Dyckia White Fang

Orthophytum cf. grossiorum

Forgot my camera at home so no photos from the  Extravaganza.  Sorry.

Also last week I was locked out of - (see below)

I change cell phone carrier and got a new cell phone number, BIG BOBO.

I didn't change my phone number on any Google accounts.

So in order to log in I'll need a verification code from a phone that I no longer have. Without that phone, it can sometimes take 3-5 business days to complete the account recovery process (if at all). WHAT THE HELL.

 All of the Google sites I use or should I say did use at one time are:

Picasa Web Albums

Gmail
YouTube
Blogger
I can no longer sign in on any of them.

 Back in my Google account.

It did not take the 3-5 business days only 2 days.

 

Extravaganza and SBS Show and Sale

Bromeliad Extravaganza is coming up in it's a one day thing.

Extravaganza is a sale some seminars  rare plant auction and a banquet.

For more info. go to:

 September 21stBromeliad Extravaganza
Hosted by Florida West Coast Bromeliad Society
Holiday Inn Harborside, 401 2nd Street, Indian Rocks Beach

Anyone going to this?

 

I will try to sell a few plants.
  Some of the plant I am going to be selling are:

Neoregelia carcharodon Tiger

  

Hohenbergia correia-araujoi   



Aechmea bromeliifolia rubra
I have a few more that did not flower and look better

And some Dyckia's I'm not sure which one just yet.
Maybe a few of:

Dyckia pulquinensis

Dyckia Black Ice

Dyckia burle-marxii

Dyckia estevesii

Hechtia montana

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Also coming up:

September 27th - 29thSarasota Bromeliad Society Annual Show and Sale
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 South Palm Avenue, Sarasota, Florida
Many choice bromeliads will be for sale and a choice-bromeliad auction will be held Saturday evening, Sept. 28 (starting 8PM). Admission is the usual entry fee to Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. The rare plant auction starts at approximately 8 PM and is free.

 

Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii

Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii  is not like most Cryptanthus. As you can see from the photo below, it likes to grow on the dry side. This photo is not my photo but one I found on the NET.

 

 

 

Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii

 Photo credit: João de Deus Medeiros / Foter / CC BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cerrados/8013973954/sizes/l/in/photostream/

The next two plants below are my plants.


Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii

 The plant above flowered this summer and so far has put out 5 offsets. I think they are still to small to take off.


Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii wide leaf clone

This one did not flower as yet but is getting bigger.