Perhaps the reddest of all the ionantha forms when blooming. Simply beautiful, it was originally found in a Guatemalan mangrove forest where the first few dozen plants were collected. Grow bright, warm and airy. Forms a ball-like clump that can be cultivated hanging from a string or wire. Individual plants are small, barely over an inch tall. An excellent, easy to grow, must-have species.

Hint: Makes a great holiday wreath or Valentine's Day arrangement!

The classic ‘Blushing Bride’, one of the first forms of this species imported, and at one time the most abundant.  Now overtaken by cultivated Guatemalan plants, which tend to be less colorful, the Mexican form is much sought.  Growing to about two inches tall and wide, it will form large clusters in a short time (few years) and is very easy to grow. 

Found from northern Mexico, within 100 miles of the Texas border, then south all the way to Guatemala.  It is found mostly in semi-arid, deciduous forest where it can fill the limbs of trees by the tens of thousands.  This form blushes very bright red at anthesis.

This early Skotak hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Fireball’ x ?. Unreported parentage. A small beauty almost the same size and shape of the ‘Fireball’ parent, with the same stoloniferous habit. A nicely variegated plant with reddish leaves in good light and light white to pinkish variegation.

The variegation is in the form of multiple thin stripes or lineations up the center of each leaf. It is a great plant for hanging baskets, for mounting and for use in terrariums.

A succulent member of the Asteraceae (daisy family) with cylindrical stems that have dark green vertical bands over a lighter green base.

A colorful small plant with green leaves, washed with red and a sort of banded pattern. The cup flushes vivid red-purple in bloom. A nice windowsill-sized plant. The cross is  by Gary Hendrix Neoregelia princeps x ‘Fireball’ x ‘Peggy Pollard’.

A rare variegated clone of xSincoregelia ‘Burgundy Hill‘ which is a cross of Neoregelia ‘Royal Burgundy‘ with Sincoraea navioides, made by Herb Hill. A mature plant can reach over 30 inches across with dozens of deep-burgundy leaves in a dense rosette, with cream colored to pinkish variegation. An extraordinary sport of one of the best-ever xSincoregelias. This form was found amongst a batch of our tissue cultured liners here at Tropiflora. Can adapt to full sun and brighter light brings out its best color.

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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 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.

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.

One of Gary Hendrix’s hybrids is a cultivar of Neoregelia ampullacea ‘Zebrina’ x ‘Fireball’. It has enjoyed some controversy as to its exact parentage and origin, but that has all been pretty much now sorted out.

Anyway this is a cute little miniature, smaller than either parent, with broad leaves of dark green, heavily peppered with red spots, so much so that they plants appear solid red. The little rosettes are on 2 inch stolons and the plant will quickly form nice sized clusters. Very popular with terrarium enthusiasts.