Which Cryptanthus & Neoregelia can stand full sun?

[hongrui]

repeat post from GCS:

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After getting a 'gentle' introduction to bromeliads by atmccmn and sweethalo, i could not help but to go search for them.

these are the ones that caught mine and my sis's eyes the most.

Cryptanthus
'Arlety'
'Black Magic'
'Circuit Breaker'
'Fire and Ice'
'Ice Age'
'Rainbow'
'Volcano'

Neoregelia
'After Dark'
'Alley Cat'
'Blue Angel'
'Blushing Bride'
'Blushing Tiger'
'Darkest Hour'
'Fireball'
'Gypsy Lady'
'Medusae'
'Night Sky'
'Northen Star'
'Purple Star'

1. can those listed above do well with full sun from sunrise till 3pm? if not, is there any alternative plants that can take such amount of light?
2. how do i tell if they require more light or less light? any website that has specific cultural information for each of them?

TIA

[atmccmn]

Hongrui, I'll have to write a long explaination for your posting here if I'm going through your list plant by plant. So, I'll give you a general guideline

All Crypts will do best if they have strong diffuse lights. Ofcourse there are some exception to this (that's why I find this fascinating). As for your lighting exposure. Try to avoid sunlight from 11am to 3 pm which is the strongest at this time frame.
As for your Neos, you can look for those thick leathery feel of leaf form for sunlight tolerant plant. My Blushing Tiger gets 11 am to 4pm sunlight bit it's shaded occasionally by tree foliage. This does help a lot in preventing sunburn.
Try to look for cruenta, concentrica or carchorodon parentage plant if you are looking for full sunlight plant. Carolinae or other bright neon colored plants only do best with bright diffused sunlight.

My advise is to look for what are the parentage as there are thousands of hybrids out there. You could not study them all. One thing, your locality is not the same as mine. My advise is you'll have to experiment by moving them around. See where suits them best.
Good luck!

[hongrui]

thanks! i've decided more or less, to get the plants above and move them about if they get burnt or bleached. man, these forums are so darn bad for my wallet. ;D

[funkychips]

'Circuit breaker' is darn wicked man!! ;D. If only I could find it here in KL...

[hongrui]

i don't think i can get it in SG too. have to import them

[isaacgoh]

Hongrui,

I like your choices of neos.

While looking up your neo lists, I found a few very "wicked" stars.

Neo 'Star Of Bethlehem' - looks like alien plant. ;D

Neo 'Magic Star Mint'.

The list is endless.

Rgds,
isaac

[funkychips]

'Hannibal lecter' is da bomb!!! ;D
That scarlet splattering is just pure gore...

[hongrui]

thanks, but you're poisoning me again! ;D

someone on GCS posted a very pretty Neo 'Midnight'. i'm a sucker for dark colored plants and 'Star of Bethlehem' looks darn cool too. i think i'll probably just get those in my list first and see how they grow. if they grow well, then i'll *probably* get somemore.

[isaacgoh]

funkychips said:

'Hannibal lecter' is da bomb!!! ;D
That scarlet splattering is just pure gore...

Now I know you like tiger stripes. *kinky* cuz your previous suggestions has stripes too.

[isaacgoh]

hongrui said:

thanks, but you're poisoning me again! ;D

someone on GCS posted a very pretty Neo 'Midnight'.

You mean Neo. Voodoo? That's really really truly wicked.

[atmccmn]

I see few ppl are getting intoxicated!
Warning!
Further indulgence will seriously alter your mindset........see what happened to me!!!

[funkychips]

First, it was Guzmanias, then it was Vrieseas, then Crypts, Aechmeas and now Neos!!!! What next??? Bilbergias? AAARGH!! *runs to broms and kisses them....uh oh, fungicide...yuck!* ;D ;D