A Ray Coleman cross of (gigas x ‘Tingua’) that is a large growing plant reaching 20 inches tall and 45 inches across with 3 inch wide leaves. In strong light the leaves are rich, rusty brown with some dark red speckling. No significant color change at anthesis. Flowers are blue. Useful in landscape as it is a large grower with a tolerance for sun and harsh conditions.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

Neoregelia 'Spanish Sunset' is a medium to large growing hybrid from Australian hybridizer Shane Zaghini. Light yellow green leaves which are covered with red mottling throughout. The center of the plant turns red at anthesis. A single rosette can mature at 20 inches across. Grows best in bright filtered light.

*VIPP plants are Large Offsets

A large growing hybrid that starts off green when young and develops a red veneer with spots of yellow. Matures at 24 inches across. Grows best in bright filtered light.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

Similar species to compacta, but larger and (we think) nicer. A large grower with light green, slightly mottled, spineless leaves which flush deep red with white speckles in the center when blooming. Pups are stoloniferous and upright.

(Blooming photo courtesy of Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies)

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A nice plant that resembles a small N. cruenta in shape and coloration. Stiff, light green leaves with red tips form 8 to 10 inch funnel form rosettes on short stolons. A ‘thumb print’ marks the base of the leaf.

*VIPP plants are Offsets - NOT the mature plant in the photo

One of Grant Groves finest hybrids. A large, robust plant with especially broad leaves in a 24 inch rosette that blushes a bright red with maturity, regardless of blooming.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A species plant, kautskyi has one of the most unusual colorations of any bromeliad. When grown ‘hard’, that is without excess fertilizer and in bright locations (up to full sun!) it takes on a vivid yellow color, with dark burgundy concentric bands. Very stunning and well suited to landscape use. Mature plants are about 15 to 20 inches across. Native to the Atlantic Forest of Eastern Brazil.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A miniature hybrid by Lisa Vinzant. Light green with chocolate red bars and bands. In bright filtered light a veneer of dark red covers the leaves. Matures at 8 inches across. Grows best in a hanging pot in bright filtered light.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A handsome species that should be more widely grown, has an open rosette shape about 12 inches across, coppery green with heavy markings of dark brown to almost black and dark leaf tips. Fragrant flowers.

*VIPP plants are offsets - NOT the mature plant in the photo

An old Hummel hybrid from the ‘60s or ‘70s of unreported parentage that has remarkable resemblance to the ‘new’ carcharodon ‘Tiger’ crosses so prevalent nowadays. A small, compact grower with spiny, bronzy, pink tipped leaves bearing many red bars and connected spots. Colorful plant for small spaces and a good terrarium subject.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A stoloniferous, funnelform rosette to 6 inches, with red tips, reddish-bronze color and abundant red speckling. Nice for mounting, growing in a hanging pot or terrarium.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

This cute little stoloniferous miniature has apple green leaves with cherry red tips. The leaf undersides have some gray scurf and light banding. Nice for mounting or a hanging pot due to its stoloniferous habit.

*VIPP plants are Offsets