Similar to the D. longissimum, but with very spiny, half inch wide strappy leaves in a spherical crown. The foliage is bluish when grown in strong light, due to a dusting of waxy powder. A semi-arid grower that takes well to container culture or landscape use. Very nice plants with heads about cantaloupe size and leaves trimmed to about 40 inches. Bare root specimens,

aeranthos x leonamiana

Resembles a fine leaved Til. stricta but is really a close relative of geminiflora. Long dark leaves to six inches or so for a thick rosette and a delicate pink inflorescence. A Brazilian native, it grows well in typical Tillandsia culture, enjoying a shaded, somewhat moist environment.

Who knew these Tillandsias could have so much junk in their trunks? This collection includes some of our most bulbous Tillandsias, from miniatures to large growers! Buy this collection and you can tell your friends that "you've been travelling!"

SMALL COLLECTION

• Tillandsia streptophylla - 
• Tillandsia baileyi - 
• Tillandsia bulbosa - 
• Tillandsia caputmedusae - 
• Tillandsia pseudobaileyi - 

COMPLETE COLLECTION 

• Tillandsia streptophylla - 
• Tillandsia baileyi - 
• Tillandsia bulbosa - 
• Tillandsia caputmedusae - 
• Tillandsia pseudobaileyi - 
• Tillandsia pruinosa - 
• Tillandsia seleriana - 
• Tillandsia bulbosa 'Giant Form' - 
• Tillandsia butzii - 
• Tillandsia balbisiana - 

Each plant includes an identifying tag. 

NOTE: Plants are shipped not in bud/bloom, so you get to enjoy the full growth of the infloresence!

                 

A new release for 2020 from Chester Skotak. A large growing hybrid with a diameter of 36 inches and a height of 16 inches. The arching leaves are margined in white with banded with red. It develops a rosy red veneer over the plant. The leaves overlap creating a dense rosette. This one is truly a spectacular plant!

The Desert Rose of Africa.  One of the most desirable of the caudiciform succulents. Noted for its thick and often contorted base, these plants also have beautiful trumpet-shaped blooms in shades of pink and red.  Keep moist and well fed during the growing season (when plants are in leaf) and allow to dry well between watering when dormant.  Trim longer stems to encourage branching and elevate the caudex when re-potting to expose best characteristics.  Ideal in a decorative container.

A large species endemic to the Cayman Islands, with wide, slightly mottled green leaves. A terrestrial in habitat where it grows in massive clusters.

The inflorescence is a tall, green scape which tends to be drooping with age due to its weight. The scape is up to 5 feet tall with many, many short, strobilate branches. The lower part bears narrow scape bracts that are light lavender. This is a very rare species in cultivation.

This Harvey Kendall hybrid of unknown parentage was produced by Harvey and given to Ed Edmiston to grow out and see what became of it.  Harvey not having registered this plant, Ed named in honor of Harvey upon his death.  With 9+ lanceolate leaves, the overall color of milk-chocolate or coffee is seen, but upon closer inspection the leaves have a red-brown to wine colored mid rib and green-brown to bronze margins.  The plant matures to 18-inches in diameter with an open round form.  The leaf reverse is covered in a medium dense silver-white scurf with zipper indentations from the forming leaves below.

Ficus micropcarpa is native to China through tropical Asia to Australia.  Recommended to grow as a potted plant. It is a ideal candidate for bonsai. It prefers good bright light. Water it as it begins to slightly dry out but do not over water as it will cause the leaves to drop.

From Mozambique and Tanzania, this succulent has dark foliage with clipped margins and short spines at the base of each leaf with tan shedding bark. Flowers are greenish-yellow.

This species native to medium to high altitudes in semi-arid scrub in Ecuador and northern Peru is in my opinion a new taxa. As an epiphyte or saxicole, it is consistently a smallish plant with slender, gray leaves to about 8 inches tall in a leafy, upright rosette. The inflorescence is on a tall, slender scape and consists of a cluster of light red branches with blue flowers.

The controversial side of this species is that it also can be found as a really much larger growing plant with an open rosette of very stiff leaves and a much more robust, bright red inflorescence. Similar, but very different in size and appearance. You never find plants in between these extremes and the two ‘forms’ are often found growing together. I believe that this smaller form is a different species or at least a distinct form or subspecies.

Anyway, this is still a showy plant and easy to cultivate but still enjoys cooler temps and pure water if available. That said, we have successfully cultivated this plant here in Florida for over 20 years.