An albomarginated hybrid created by Ben Sill. Tall light green albomarginated leaves that develops a pink blush and is spotted with white. The tubular rosette grows to 14 to 16 inches tall. Prefers bright filtered light.

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A Brazilian species that is rare in cultivation or collections. It was discovered in Goias Brazil in 1998. This is a terrestrial bromeliad so grow it in soil. Prefers bright filtered light. 

An interesting little shrub-like, caudiciform tree from Oaxaca, Mexico with a thickly swollen trunk and tan to reddish peeling bark. The dense branches have small obovate, deciduous leaves and bear tiny, aromatic fruits. Great for bonsai work. The leaves may turn bright colors if exposed to cool temps in the fall of the year.

Check out our glossy ceramic pumpkin planter in cinnamon-orange, perfect for your favorite small tillandsia! Planter measure 4" W x 3" H and includes a drain hole. 

Check out our glossy white ceramic pumpkin planter, perfect for your favorite small tillandsia! Planter measure 4" W x 3" H and includes a drain hole. 

Our virgin cork slabs are flat and vary in size from about 6 inches to over 12 inches wide and 12 to 30 inches long. Thickness varies from about a half inch to two inches with the majority being in between those numbers.

To get an idea of size to weight, you can figure roughly a square foot per pound, rarely under that, usually over. This material is widely touted to be the best and most durable substrate for mounting epiphytic plants; resisting rot and pests and lasting for many years under greenhouse conditions. The upper surface is rough and craggy and the underside, harder and fairly smooth. Great for use in terrariums or cages as it is non-toxic, and useful as a decorative background to display jewelry or other objects.

This product is harvested sustainably in Portugal from Quercus suber, the cork oak, and it’s main use is for bottle stoppers and shoe soles. This is a completely natural product. Easily broken into any size needed and can be ‘drilled’ with an awl or ice pick.

 Quantity is sold by the pound.

Jim Irvin has a knack with Cryptanthus, (as well as other bromeliads!), and has produced numerous first-class hybrids.  This is one of which he can be proud.  This hybrid, a cultivar of ‘Sweet Tooth’ x ‘Ice Age,’ and a grex mate to ‘Very Cold Tooth,’ is a dark brown, almost black plant with closely spaced cross banding of silver trichomes with dense silver white scurf underneath.  The inch-wide leaves are long and graceful, undulating at the margins in a symmetrical rosette.

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This Ed Edmiston hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Jet Age’ x lacerdae ‘Menescal’ having 10+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 12″ in diameter with a full round, open, flat rosette.  The plants are larger than Cryptanthus lacerdae ‘Menescal,’ but lacks the long stolons.  The light chocolate background leaf color is marked with silvery grey central and marginal longitudinal stripes.  The bottom of the leaf is covered in a medium dense lineated white scurf.

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Found in the collection of Living Colors Nursery, in Florida, this sport of Cryptanthus 'Red Baron' is an albomarginated form of the plant having somewhat glossy leaves with wavy margins.  The wide leaves have green mottling covered in a bright pink veneer.  The undersides of the leaves have a light silver scurf.  The plants flatten out at anthesis and can reach 12 to 14 inches across.

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This is a 2007 cultivar of ‘Durrell’ x ‘San Juan’ by Stephen Hoppin.  The shape is a loose rosette up to 10 inches tall and 24 inches across with shiny green leaves that are wavy with serrated edges.  The leaves have an olive green color that has a hint of bronze along the edge and slight scurfing on the underside of the leaves.

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A large growing beauty by Stephen Hoppin can grow to a 24 inch rosette. The color is black to dark chocolate brown, glossy with wavy, silvery cross bands. Some silver shading in the leaves. Leaf tips turn downward. 'Ebony Beauty' x (x Roseus)

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.