A small growing hybrid by Michael Kiehl. Burgundy red with green spots and blotches. Matures at 7 inches tall. Offsets are produced on long stolons. Looks best in a hanging pot or mounted.
A fairly large grower, to about 12 inches across, with very wide recurving leaves and serrate spines resembling the marnierlapostolle parent. Colors range from reddish with white spines to all silver. Outstanding silver beauties! Some have serrate spines resembling the marnierlapostolle parent, others have larger, stouter ones.
A hybrid from Chester Skotak. It is a unusual cross of Aechmea 'Phat Pat' x manzanareziana. Bronze leaves with ivory colored margins that blush pink in strong light. The inflorescence is a branched panicle with pink orange bracts and yellow branches. Suited for landscaping.
A species that is native to Mexico. It locality was unknown until recently. A very fine species with thickly succulent, very silvery and spiny leaves. Grows to 20 inches across. Prefers bright light to full sun.
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.
Native to Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador, it makes it’s home in moist forests, growing as an epiphyte or saxicole on moss-covered limbs and rocks. A soft leaved Racinaea with light green leaves in an open rosette, spotted at the base with purple. The inflorescence is branched, with dry, brownish bracts, but sports large white, very fragrant flowers. Culture is easy in shaded locations, potted in moist media or mounted and watered daily.
A silvery red plant with recurving well armed leaves. Bright light to full sun brings out the best in this species. A large grower that prefers watering on a weekly schedule. Offsets are produced on long armed stolons.
One of Grace Goode's miniature hybrids. Discolor leaves with green on top and a lavender red underside. In strong filtered light red mottling will develop in the leaves. A good plant for hanging pot culture.
Healthy plant. Very satisfied, as usual. Highly recommend ordering from Tropiflora!
Hechtia rosea x caerulea
1970
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This Tropiflora hybrid definitely came out looking more like the H. coerulea parent, with semi-stiff, green, grassy leaves. The leaf margins, although 'spineless', are very sharp and can give a swift ’paper cut’ to the unwary. For something unusual, give one a try!
An Australian hybrid created by Margaret Patterson. Green with a deep red veneer and yellow mottling. Matures at 5 inches tall. Grows best in bright filtered light. A good candidate for hanging pots.
A Michael Kiehl hybrid. Long narrow burgundy black leaves with white spines. Light silver scurf on the leaves. Matures at 14-16 inches across. Grows best in bright light or full sun. Dyckias need to be watered weekly during the dry times of the year.
