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Products > x Sincoregelia 'Galactic Warrior'   x Sincoregelia 'Galactic Warrior' - Galactic Warrior Bromeliad       Habit and Cultural Information Category: Tropical Family: Bromeliaceae (Bromeliads) Origin: Garden Origin Flower Color: Violet Bloomtime: Year-round Synonyms: [x Neophytum 'Galactic Warrior'] Parentage: (x Sincoregelia 'Ralph Davis' sport) Height: <1 foot Width: 2-3 feet Exposure: Cool Sun/Light Shade Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 30-32° F x Sincoregelia 'Galactic Warrior' (Galactic Warrior Bromeliad) - A very showy relatively slow growing bromeliad with clusters of 16 to 24 inch wide rosettes of very narrow green leaves that have white margins. The entire rosette is flushed a beautiful pinkish red color when grown in bright light and gets darker red as the violet flowers, that are held tight in cluster in the the center, begin to emerge. Plant in full to part sun in a well drained potting soil and irrigate regular. In our Santa Barbara gardens it has been hardy to short duration temperatures just below freezing without damage. This is a very showy large container plant. Jimmy Antles selected this variegated sport of x Sincoregelia 'Ralph Davis' from a plant given to him in 1987 Dr. Tom Montgomery. 'Ralph Davis' is a hybrid that resulted in crossing what was known then as Orthophytum navioides and Neoregelia carolinae 'Meyendorf' (or 'Meyendorffii'). For this reason these hybrids ('Ralph Davis' and 'Galactic Warrior') were both called x Neophytum but because of the "re-establishment" of the genus Sincoraea as outlined in the January-March 2016 Journal of the Bromeliad Society Vol 66 N.1 pp.6-19, which noted that eleven former Orthophytum species have been renamed as species of Sincoraea, including Orthophytum navioides. This change caused the name for hybrids between these plants to be redubbed x Sincoregelia. This plant won the won the Foster Award at the October 1992 Southwest Guild Show in Houston, Texas, and that same year at the Houston Bromeliad Society  The information about x Sincoregelia 'Galactic Warrior' displayed on this page is based on research conducted in our library and from reliable online resources. We also relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we visit, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others, and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing it.