A remarkable cultivar of zonatus ‘Silver’ x ‘Ocean Mist’ by Jim Irvin truly a giant in the genus and is a grex mate to his ‘Frostbite,’ ‘Iceberg,’ and ‘Offinen.’  Growing to over 24 inches across in good culture, the lanceolate leaves are brownish-green, nearly totally obscured by dense wavy, silver banding.

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This Carole Richtmyer hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Corinne’ x marginatus having 10+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to over 18″ in diameter with an open oval shape.  The lime green midrib of the leaves is covered in soft pink and edged with a lightly serrated darker green edge.  The leaves are covered with a fine layer of scurf giving them a matte finish.

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Stephen Hoppin has a way with hybrids and this is no exception.  A cultivar of ‘Dennis Cathcart’ x 'Elaine' having 10+ medium wide long lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 24″ in diameter with an open full round shape.  The brown-green leaves are heavily overlaid with silvery-grey, cascading rippling cross-banding.  The undersides of the leaves are covered in a medium dense silver white scurf.

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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 Carole Richtmyer hybrid, a cultivar of 'Earth Angel' x bromelioides 'Red form,' having 18+ lanceolate leaves maturing to a full round form 12-inches in diameter.  The dark and lime green mottled leaves are covered in a very light lineated scurf as the red leaf base clasp the stem.  In stronger light, the leaves will take on colors of orange and red, besides the greens.  Light well defined lines of trichomes cover the undersides 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)

An interesting species hailing from Bahia Brazil described in 1993.  The plant is very similar to Cryptanthus bahianus being stoloniferous, having stiff, narrow leaves with undulating margins, and colored a brownish-copper, but less succulent in nature.  A mature plant can attain a diameter of 10-inches.

This is the Type form ex Elton Leme.

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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.

A rather large growing, medium green, stiff, thorny plant. The tall inflorescence is perennial, blooming repeatedly. The tubular yellow and orange flowers are frequented by hummingbirds. This clone has something of a history. We got it from the old ‘Fantastic Gardens’ in Miami, after the Wilsons sold the nursery and moved to Costa Rica. Bob Wilson said that this plant was collected by Mulford Foster in Brazil many, many years ago and given to him. It was a giant plant when I got it, also many years ago. So, get a seedling of this plant and you own a piece of bromeliad history!

*May have some blemishes and trimmed leaf tips.