Vol 14 No 3 - November, 2004

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Ananas comosus ‘Natal Queen’ One of only a few commercial grade pineapples. This is a spiny variety that has an orange blush in full sun and produces a 2 pound sweet fruit with yellow flesh. We have one gallon plants, originally from the collection of Dale Jenkins, Sarasota’s Pineapple King. Some may produce fruit next year.
$10.00 #7081

NOTE: No shipment to California or Hawaii on this item.

Cryptanthus bahianus 'Green Form' A caulescent species with stiff, narrow leaves with serrate, undulating margins. Grows to over 12in on 6in stolons. 4in pots,
$5.00 #5666

Cryptanthus bahianus 'Red Form' Similar to the green form with deep, reddish leaves and light scurfing on the underside. 4in pots,
$7.50 #5518

Cryptanthus 'Black Mystic' A lovely dark (nearly black) hybrid with wide, flat, rippled leaves barred with silver banding. Growing to about 10in across, it has wide leaves and small ‘soft’ spines. Excellent large plants out of plug trays, ready to pot. $2.50 #521S

Cryptanthus bromelioides 'Lavender Form' Caulescent or erect stems to 8in, with gracefully recurving, stiff reddish lavender leaves dusted with a layer of silver trichomes. Handsome and not common. Offsets
$6.00 #6619P

Cryptanthus colnagoi A species with fairly stiff, very narrow, serrate leaves, medium green with darker reddish margins and base. Offsets,
$3.00 #2449P

Cryptanthus 'Durrell' A Jim Irvin hybrid with glossy olive-green leaves, tinting strong orange-red towards the margins. Offsets, $5.00 #3724P

Cryptanthus fosterianus One of the nicest species Cryptanthus. A large grower that is one of the giants as well as beauties of the genus. The leaves are chocolate brown with numerous silver, zigzag crossbars. Excellent large offsets,
$4.00 #469P

Cryptanthus 'High Voltage' A Jim Irvin hybrid that grows very large in a dramatic, flat, oval rosette boldly banded with silver over a purplish-brown base. Offsets,
$6.00 #3603P

Cryptanthus 'Pixie' A Jim Irvin hybrid, to 4-5in, with narrow, stiff russet leaves, darker on the margins. Tends to clump before blooming. 4in pots,
$6.00 #3615

Cryptanthus ‘Strawberries Flambe’  ‘Diverse Pink’ x ‘Cascade’ This is an outstanding Jim Irvin hybrid of exceptional merit. In his words, “A vigorous and superb hot-pink plant with chartreuse mixed in. Large and full, with lots of leaves. A ‘must have’ plant.” 5in pots, 
$12.50 #3622

Cryptanthus warren-loosii Green Form A fairly new and interesting species. The plant is rather stoloniferous, having stiff, narrow leaves with undulating margins, colored lime green with a slight reddish blush on stems. Large offsets,
$4.00 #3769P

Deuterocohnia lorentziana  A miniature from Argentina that was formerly known as Abromeitiella lorentziana, forms mounds with clusters of plants, each about 2in across. The leaves are stiff, thickly succulent, acutely triangular and very sharply pointed. The inflorescence is without a scape and the flower is deep green. We have clumps, from 3 to 5 heads, bare root,
$7.50 #1137B

Deuterocohnia aff. lorentziana An outstanding form we collected in Bolivia. Individually smaller than the typical form, mature at about the size of a quarter, with thickly succulent, triangular, very silvery leaves, ending in a needle sharp spine. Forms mounds with hundreds of plants in each. Bare root clusters of 3 to 5 heads cut from our large clumps, 
$7.50 each #1030B

Dyckia fosteriana A true jewel! The most famous and highly sought of all Dyckias. These are descendents of the old Mulford Foster collection, the plants that started the fascination with Dyckias back in the 1950’s. A silvery, narrow leaved plant with many very spiny leaves in a compact, leafy rosette to 8in or so. 6in pots,
$20.00 #4520

Fosterella spectabilis Jewel of the genus! Wide, deep-green leaves with reddish highlights in a spreading 20in rosette. The unique inflorescence has lovely, tubular, coral flowers that hang like little bells. We collected this new species in Bolivia, above the Rio Azio. Large plants in 6in pots,
$12.50 #2596

Hechtia meziana x marnier-lapostollei A Tropiflora hybrid with our best red meziana. These are large seedlings in 6in pots, still not quite blooming size, running the gamut from silver to red, some with scurfing, some without, all nice.
$12.50 #6321

Orthophytum horridum This new species has thick red-burgundy foliage with heavy scurfing on the underside, turning cherry red in strong light. The tall inflorescence has red scape bracts, with green floral bracts and sepals and white petals. It produces pups on the inflorescence after blooming. 6in pots,
$15.00 #1617

Puya mirabilis Noted as a small, relatively civilized species, easy to grow and suitable for culture in small containers. Use terrestrial mix, prefers bright light. Nice plants grown from seed, in full sun. One gallon pots,
$10.00 #693

Ursulaea tuitensis Truly an oddity, was once an Aechmea, the large swollen ovaries and deep purple petals are Billbergia-like. The leaves are very succulent, blushing red in bright light. A lithophyte in nature, surviving in a very arid environment, the 'tank' holds little or no water. The erect inflorescence is tomentose, covered with white scurf and has showy pink bracts. It grows to about 24in under normal conditions. 1/3 grown in 6in pots,
$15.00 #2777