A nice form of nudicaulis that Wally Berg brought back from a Brazil trip some years ago. We do not know the exact type, though it looks a lot like capitata in general shape. A stout, wide leaved, tubular rosette with stiff green to yellowish leaves with a slight red marginal blush, red apiculate tips and prominent black spines.

The plants have the typical ‘thumb print’ of the species and produce offsets of short, stout stolons. A decorative plant for mounting or for a hanging basket.

A Lisa Vinzant hybrid. A dark purple black tube with some silver bands and white/pink spots. Grows to 14 inches tall. Bright filtered light is the best growing conditions. Ideal for a hanging pot or mounted.

A beautiful plant that Tropiflora helped introduce to cultivation. Native to the same mountainous region of central Colombia which produces ospinae and chrysostachys, there is absolutely nothing that compares to this plant. The foliage is very tough and is various shades of green, with brown and black reticulations, mottling and markings. The effect is almost like that of a ‘Silk’ plant so unique is the pattern. Does not much resemble typical ospinae, the plants are bigger, fuller with wider leaves and do not pup as much as the typical form. The inflorescence is yellow and well branched. Thrives in normal bromeliad mix or even bare root.

A cultivar of Goudaea ospinae v. gruberi, a beautiful Colombian species, with (in our opinion) an unfortunate name choice. A beauty with light green colored leaves that have reduced burgundy colored markings that resemble wet ink that has been smeared. Grows and offsets the same as other ospinae v. gruberi cultivars and has the same inflorescence.

Grace Goode’s cross of (lilliputiana x ‘Winter Bloom’). Small growing with an ampoule shape, stoloniferous growth and compact foliage. Yellowish green with abundant speckling above and nice bold banding below.

Grace Goode’s hybrid of (olens x 'Strawberry Cup'). A cute miniature in an upright, stiff leaved, stoloniferous rosette to about 5 or 6 inches across, with green leaves that tint golden yellow in strong light. Reddish-maroon leaf tips and abundant red speckles accent a cherry red center at anthesis. Good choice for a hanging basket, mounting or terrarium.

A Sharon Peterson hybrid of (correia-araujoi x ‘Charm’). A beauty 24 to 30 inches across with leaves nearly 4 inches wide. Leaf color is red with lots of yellow mottling throughout. Blooms with a red center. Needs fairly strong light to take on best color.

A stunning hybrid of 'Rufus' x meyendorffii variegated by Larry Kamiya of Hawaii. Beautifully variegated, with deep red over a mottled red and green leaf. We wish all Neos had such vivid colors! A choice collector item and outstanding landscape plant.