A new nothogenera: xSincorglaziovia is a hybrid created here by Ray Lemieux of (Neoglaziovia variegata x Sincoraea albopictum) and first published in the BSI Journal, Vol. 61 (5) Sep. Oct. 2012. Ray made the cross back in 2006 and when it finally bloomed for the first time in 2011 he thought he a recreated the pineapple! The inflorescence emerging between the stiff leaves looked a lot like the inflorescence of a pineapple. Of the many seed produced, only 1/3 germinated and only a single seedling survived!

An unusual plant with half inch wide leaves in an upright rosette taper to a point. The foliage is silver-gray below and glabrous reddish-purple above in good light, with faint cross bands of silver. Marginal spines are tiny, giving a more serrated than spiny appearance. The inflorescence is a cluster of short, green branches on a short scape and the flowers light pinkish lavender with an open corolla. A terrestrial, it grows in clusters with abundant offsets.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A natural hybrid of Tillandsia gardneri x stricta. The native range of this hybrid is southeast Brazil.

A species that has had a checkered past with regards to its identity.  A shrubby species with long angular stems bearing many branches in short segments to about 3 or so inches long.  Very heavy branching and rather woody.  Flowers are borne singly at the areoles and are quite large, over 0.5 inch wide,  white to somewhat transparent.  This species is found in Espirito Santo state of Brazil.

*VIPP plants have blemishes

An Australian hybrid with a name that means ‘outstanding’ in local lingo. An impressive plant that forms a symmetrical, very wide leaved rosette to over 30 inches across. There seem to more than one clone of this plant, each perfectly lovely, but we have settled on propagating one colored red to deep red, with large green spots and mottling and red leaf tips.

This clone comes out of the (Brittle Star F2 x estevesii) x estevesii grex, but looked quite a bit different.  We thought it was a stray Orthyophytum at first. It has reddish brown foliage with hints of green, silver scurfing with large spines on recurving leaves.

*Lower leaves have blemishes

An Ed Edmiston hybrid a cultivar of 'Rumpelstiltskin' x 'Strawberries Flambe' that matures to an open, round rosette up to 18 inches in diameter.  The glossy chocolate-brown leaves are underlaid with green and scant silver scurf restricted to the leaf axils and tips.  The leaf tips twist exposing the dense silver white scurf underneath.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A Kelly Griffin hybrid that is a compact plant with dense white teeth and rough texture. It is star shaped and form a dense cluster. Grows best in bright light. 

A nice form of this variable species which was collected by Berg and Anderson in Brazil. This form has stiff leaves, an upright, tubular shape, and the classic ’thumb-print’. The leaves are gray-green with silvery bands and the inflorescence is a compact cone with yellow flowers and bright red bracts.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

THIS PLANT IS ON C.I.T.E.S. AND CANNOT BE EXPORTED

An attractive and bizarrely beautiful Euphorb from Madagascar. Thick, procumbent stems bear distinctive leaf scars and inch-long, succulent, very crisped or crinkled leaves. A very flat growing, mat forming shrub with an underground caudex. Flowers or cyathea are tan to pinkish. Light exposure will determine color which can range from deep green to pinkish brown. A superb plant for container culture or rock garden. Water about weekly in warm months and allow a drier rest during cooler periods. Propagate from seed or stem cuttings.

A neat miniature, stoloniferous, clumping species that matures at less than 6 inches tall. Its gracefully curving, slightly speckled leaves form a bulbous base and a 10 inch flower spike with light red, white tipped bracts. Discovered near Parati in Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil and described in 1980, it is a native of low, wet rainforest where it grows as an epiphyte. An easy to grow yet rare collector item. Superior for terrariums.

Billbergia ‘Hallelujah’ (amoena ‘Domingos Martins’ x ‘Ed McWilliams’). A tall, tubular plant with a beautiful pattern of bright red, mottled with cream, green and pink. One of Don Beadle’s most famous crosses.

*VIPP plants are Offsets