Neoregelia 'Shamrock' Tillandsia diaguitensis Exert from BSI Bromeliad cultivar

Exert from BSI Bromeliad cultivar registry

I have flowered this plant before and shown it at Flower shows but i cant find my pictures of it at the moment

much more uncommon than the plant often sold under this name T

a giant terrestrial Bromeliad

scaposa or T

Neoregelia 'Shamrock' Tillandsia diaguitensis Exert from BSI Bromeliad cultivarNeoregelia 'Shamrock' is a very nice, small growing Neo hybrid ('Bob Read' x 'Granada') x pauciflora. It has mauve purple specks and patches on green. Neoregelia's are very easy to grow they can be mounted with some moss and bark to root into or they can be grown in a pot, which i prefer to do as it allows for easy maintanance of the plant. The correct potting medium for most 'tank type' Bromeliads such as Aechmea, Billbergia and Neoregelia is a free