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Anthony Darby

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Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« on: November 28, 2016, 07:05:20 AM »
I visited a friend yesterday to deliver some plants. He told me he had an orchid for me to take away before he killed it. Well, looks more like an Aloe than an orchid. Any ideas?
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2016, 07:30:58 AM »
Some kind of bromeliad perhaps?
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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2016, 09:22:10 AM »
Could be? That would be ironic, as the chap grows bromeliads!
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2016, 04:57:51 PM »
Yes, it's a kind of bromeliad, not an orchid.
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Frédéric Catoul, Amay en Hesbaye, partie francophone de la Belgique.

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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2016, 01:19:57 AM »
I would also say it's a bromelia; I grew some as house plants, unfortunately they don't do well in the dry atmosphere in the winter. Aechmea species have spiny leaves and also Dyckia (probably many others).
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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2016, 09:27:38 AM »
I will be interested to see it flower. Here's a pic of some of my friend's bromeliads.
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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2016, 04:36:21 AM »
And very beautiful lizards
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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2016, 08:41:30 AM »
 ;D
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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2016, 05:29:22 PM »
Acanthostachys strobilacea?
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Re: Not orchid - perhaps Aloe?
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2016, 11:20:26 PM »
Thanks. I'll look forward to seeing that flower. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acanthostachys_strobilacea_02.JPG
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