Little rosettes form on six inch stolons, spreading out horizontally, eventually forming a large cluster. Depending upon light and fertilizer levels, the plants will be reddish-green to bright red. Less fertilizer and more light brings out maximum color.

This miniature species has never been properly classified but remains an extremely popular plant. Outstanding in hanging baskets, in landscape and in terrariums.

A medium sized plant to about 20 inches across, with ‘almost’ white leaves. Each leaf bears a broad white stripe up the center with just a narrow margin of green on the leaf edge. The center flush at anthesis is bright red.

Best grown in moderate light to keep the white appearance. Stronger light puts a pink tint in the foliage, which is nice too.

A Chester Skotak hybrid with as yet unreported parentage. A loose rosette of glossy variegated leaves has upright growth which flattens out at anthesis. The color becomes a glossy hot pink with age and good light.  A nice stand-out plant in anyone’s collection.

A impressive hybrid from Chester Skotak. The dark green leaves have wide variegation that is obscured by a deep red veneer that covers the leaves. There are color breaks of spots within the veneer giving the plant a speckled look of green and white.

The plant grows to a mature size of 26 inches across and 10 inches high. There is a slightly dark red color at anthesis.

A different looking hybrid from Chester Skotak, cross information not yet reported. A compact Neoregelia that has 5-inch wide green leaves with wide cream colored margins. The leaves develop a magenta veneer and there are some color breaks in the veneer which look like cream colored spots.

This little variegated beauty is a is a strange hybrid of carolinae and sapiatibensis.  A small to medium sized grower, it matures at about a foot across.  The leaves are fairly wide, somewhat channeled and recurved with a rosy blush in good light.  Center flushes deep rose when in bloom.