Bromeliad haul from Sacramento Bromeliad Society sale

A couple of weekends ago I went to the 2019 Show and Sale of the Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society. I hinted at the haul that came home with me, and here it is:

Haul from the 2019 Show and Sale of the Sacramento Bromeliad and Carnivorous Plant Society

That's a lot more than I had hoped (let only intended) to buy, but the selection was good and the prices were even better. “Resistance is futile,” as the Borg so memorably stated, so I didn't even try.

Below are portrait shots of all the plants from that sale as well as some other recent bromeliad additions and even one bloomer. 

Neoregelia 'Empress Variegated'

Neoregelia 'The Governor's Plea'

Small Neoregelia hybrid (no ID given)

  

Neoregelia 'Irazu'

Neoregelia hybrid (no ID given)

Neoregelia correia-araujoi

Neoregelia 'Milagro'

Neoregelia 'Pimiento'

Neoregelia 'Pimiento'

Neoregelia 'Windward Passage'

Neoregelia 'Windward Passage'

Aechmea 'Burgundy'

Aechmea 'Burgundy'

Dyckia rariflora

Dyckia 'Nickel Silver'. I bought a second dyckia labeled 'Sawtooth' but it looks essential identical. I bet they're pups from the same plant and simply got mislabeled.

The next three bromeliads are recent additions as well:

Aechmea chantinii 'Ebony'

Aechmea chantinii 'Ebony'

Neoregelia 'Comet'

Neoregelia 'Comet'

Goudaea 'Josefa Leon'

The next one is a curious hybrid between a deuterocohnia and a pitcairnia with floppy leaves and rubbery teeth—more teddy bear than grizzly:

×Pitcohnia 'False Teeth' (Deuterocohnia longipetala ‘Silver’ × Pitcairnia burle-marxii)

×Pitcohnia 'False Teeth'

And finally one bloomer:

Billbergia buchholzii

Billbergia buchholzii

Billbergia buchholzii

This billbergia (like most bromeliads) will die after flowering, but it's already produced a pup to keep the cycle going.

For now, all of these plants are in the backyard. Many of them are hardy enough to stay outside over the winter, especially in winters as mild as the last one was. Some are definitely too tender and need to come inside. 

This is my first year growing these types of bromeliads on a larger scale so I have much to learn. This chart from the Sarasota Bromeliad Society looks to be very useful. A year from now I'll know a lot more!

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