Tropiflora Succulent Mix – While we call this our ‘succulent mix’ we use this for many more things around the nursery.  Succulents thrive in it under our rather wet, humid conditions and so do many plants such as terrestrial bromeliads, tuberous Arums, and others. It is a good quality mix that we have custom made for us in 50 yard loads.

The formula is:

• 20% Canadian Peat
• 45% small Fir Bark
• 35% coarse Perlite (Sponge Rock)

It has a pH of 6.0.

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.

A spectacular Brazilian bromeliad which reaches impressive sizes, suitable for landscaping and interiorscape use. A wide leaved, funnel-form rosette to well over 30 inches with bluish-green leaves, reticulated and striated with light green. As the plant matures, the striations become almost white. A slow grower that makes a great terrarium plant when young.

*VIPP plants are currently small

Ben Sill’s intergeneric hybrid is a cultivar of Billbergia pyramidalis x Aechmea recurvata and it keeps the best characteristics of both parents. The overall shape of the plant is that of an Ae. recurvata, with fairly stiff, pointed leaves forming a slightly bulbous, vase shape. As typical with Ae. recurvata, the center whorl of leaves shortens before anthesis and frames the inflorescence in a whorl of short, broad, pointed leaves, but there is no leaf blush at anthesis. The inflorescence is a good copy of the Bil. pyramidalis parent, with brilliant red flowers and scurfy red bracts. The upside is that the inflorescence lasts longer than the Billbergia parent. All in all a really interesting, colorful plant.

*VIPP plants are OFFSETS - NOT the mature blooming plant in the photo

An Australian bi-generic hybrid by Paul Borland. The parentage is Dyckia Cherry Coke x Deuterocohnia brevispicata. The thick leaves are narrow, recurving, thick and blood red in color with distinct red spines. The reverse side of the leaves is scurfed greyish white. Grows to 16 inches across.

A bi-generic hybrid by Bryan Windham. Thick green recurving leaves with pronounced spines. Mature size 20 inches across. grows best in bright filtered light.

A cultivar of (Deuterocohnia longipetala ‘Silver’ x Pitcairnia burle-marxii) by Ray Lemieux. Narrow, spiny with soft, rubbery spines, deeply channeled, discolor leaves that are green on top and deep purple below. It has a tall scape with peach colored flowers. As far as we know this is the first of this nothogenera to be produced. The name comes from the fact that the spines are soft despite their appearance. Cultivate as a terrestrial bromeliad, bright shade, even moisture.

Another one of Bryan Windham's bi-generic hybrid. This one is Puya laxa x Deuterocohnia brevispicata.  Medium green recurving leaves that have silver scurf and leaf imprints. Noticeable red hooked spines are along the leaf edges. Our plants are still growing so we do not know what the mature size of this plant will be. Grows best in bright filtered light.

Bryan Windham's hybrid of Aechmea chantinii 'Deleon' x Sincoraea ulei.

A unusual bi-generic hybrid from Bryan Windham. The parentage is Aechmea chantinii "Deleon' x Sincoraea ulei.  Mature, open rosette to 50cm. diameter. In the advanced juvenile stage, this cultivar has star-like, plain silvery grey-green, prickly leaves with sharp pointed tips. At blooming, it produces a flat, bright salmon red, pin cushion-like inflorescence with an inner corolla of yellow leaves, extending outwards to fiery orange sections and outer leaves turn burnished maroon.

Hummel's hybrid of Aechmea x Ananas (pineapple) (exact species unreported) is a strange combination resulting in a smallish plant with stiff, spiny, upright, deeply red-specked leaves in a compact upright rosette to about 20 inches. The inflorescence is a pineapple-like head that never forms a real fruit, but produces a leafy crown or offset on the top and a ring of offsets at the bottom of the head like a pineapple. A unique novelty that belongs in every collection.

One of the rarest living cycads. Native to forested areas of Veracruz, Mexico, it was only described in 1983, and may now be extinct in the wild. Grow in shade to semi-shaded conditions.

C.I.T.E.S. - No export, sorry.