Flowering among the bromelias

Very pretty Orchid may be.

Those leaves don't seems to be from an orchid. I might ask someone from the BG to identify.

The plant is a Melastomataceae Tibouchina

Yes, I used to have this plant when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area. I can't remember the name, though. It is in the Melastomataceae family.

When I remember I'll post the name if nobody does before me. :>))

I think it's Centradenia floribunda.

First I heard or seen of it. One more on the wish list..

Stan,

I purchased this plant from Berkeley Horticulture. It was, of course, many years ago.

There are some real beauty in the Melesto-etc,family in Brazil.
When I google street maps of southern Brazil I see the city's use them as sidewalk shrubs usually with spectacular purple blooms. When I look up about the climate,its usually a semi tropical Seattle...rains even in the sort of dry season and never cold.
Tree's are covered in epiphytes- STREET trees! How jungly.

Stan,
In our state capital there is street called "the most beautiful street in the world".

A quiet, tree-lined street, Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho, on the border of Independência and Floresta neighborhoods in Porto Alegre, has become very famous in recent times, since it is the street as the largest number of old trees in Brazil. There are 500 meters of sidewalks, where more than 100 Tipuana trees are lined up! Some even rise to a seven-story building, making the view from the top even more amazing.

These trees were planted in 1930 by the Germans who worked in a neighborhood brewery. It was nicknamed by a Portuguese teacher in 2008 as the "most beautiful street in the world". It has gained fame through the internet and social networks and is now a must stop for tourists visiting Porto Alegre. In 2005 the residents mobilized the street, because the trees were being threatened with cutting for the construction of a parking lot, so the street ended up being decreed as Historical, Cultural, Ecological and Environmental Heritage. Today the real estate companies of Porto Alegre can not even estimate the value that the street may or may not have after estate decrees.
The villagers take care of the street and its trees with dedication and determination, and they feel particularly affected when there is an act of vandalism. One of the trees, which is in front of one of the accesses to a mall in the region, is burned and burned. Another, on the opposite side of the street, has a sign nailed with warning about where to put the trash. The plaque placed on a concrete bench by the City Hall, with the identification of Environmental Heritage, has already had to be replaced more than three times.

But the address is a pleasant place, where families walk with their children and have become accustomed to the constant visit of the curious, who take pictures here and there.

I'll post a picture.