An outstanding miniature to only about 4 inches across in an ampoule shaped rosette. The base is bulbous with leaves flaring into a compact rosette. The broad leaves are red-maroon with green flecks and bands and red apiculate tips (‘Hojo Rojo’ x ampullacea ‘Tigrina’)

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A hybrid of Portea kermesina x Aechmea blanchetiana that makes an interesting plant for landscape with a long lasting inflorescence of red branches and bracts and yellow flowers.  The foliage is coppery red.  Does best in light shade.

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This nice cross by Lisa Vinzant is a cultivar of Neoregelia chlorosticta ‘Marble Throat’ x Sincoraea (formerly Orthophytum) navioides. Of a size rather typical of many xSincoregelias, about 20 inches across or so with many narrow, stiff leaves in a very leafy rosette. The leaves are lime green and tint pinkish in strong light. At anthesis the center leaves blush deep fuchsia pink out the nearly the leaf tips. Flowers are light lavender in a nidular inflorescence.

A unnamed hybrid from Sharon Petersen. A large growing plant that has bright red leaves that are covered with chartreuse spots. With maturity the spots become more yellow. At anthesis there isn’t much color change as the center of the plant becomes a darker red. (Neoregelia cruenta ‘Broadleaf’ is now Neoregelia johannis).

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A nice form of this variable species which was collected by Berg and Anderson in Brazil. This form has stiff leaves, an upright, tubular shape, and the classic ’thumb-print’. The leaves are gray-green with silvery bands and the inflorescence is a compact cone with yellow flowers and bright red bracts.

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A spectacular variegated chimera of ospinae v. gruberi. Upright growth of green mottled leaves have bold white variegation running up the length. Within the variegation the mottling is red giving the pattern a sharp contrast which makes it stand out. An exceptional clone of an exceptional species! 

A hybrid of (lilliputiana x ‘Blushing Tiger’) by Michael Kiehl. This is a great little miniature that looks like a mini ‘Blushing Tiger’. Good for terrariums and its stoloniferous habit makes it a nice choice for a hanging pot.

A 2010 Skotak release is a cultivar of [(carolinae variegated x Hannibal Lector) x ‘Norman Bates’] x ‘Joao Marcio’. A nice compact grower with albomarginated leaves. Colors are crisp; green and white with good red bars and bands. Has a good shape, sort of ampoule like, with inch-wide leaves in an upright rosette to about 8 inches across. The plant takes on an overall red flush with maturity with a brighter red color at anthesis.

This miniature hybrid was created by Australian hybridizer Margaret Patterson. The shape is a tight upright ampule shape. The leaves are green with red mottling. The mottling is heavier in the throat of the plant. The plant offsets on long stolons before anthesis. This plant is a good candidate for a hanging pot.

Neoregelia 'Spanish Sunset' is a medium to large growing hybrid from Australian hybridizer Shane Zaghini. Light yellow green leaves which are covered with red mottling throughout. The center of the plant turns red at anthesis. A single rosette can mature at 20 inches across. Grows best in bright filtered light.

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A variegated clone of Neoregelia cruenta ‘Sun King’ that was found in the beachside restinga of Rio de Janeiro. A beautiful stiff-leaved upright wide-leaved rosette with red-tipped green leaves, turning yellow in strong light, with yellowish variegation. A real stunner and still on the rare side.

A species from Tamaulipas state of Mexico. An easy to grow species that forms large, silvery-scurfy rosettes. Oddly, the offsets come off with soft, glabrous leaves, developing the scurfy appearance that protects them from the sun, as they mature. The narrow, spiny leaves are rather soft (for a Hechtia) and the tips naturally die back and curl.