This cultivar of Cryptanthus acaulis var. ruber is a small full round plant with 30+ leaves that attains a size of 8-inches in diameter.  The creamy coffee colored leaves, in the proper light blushes pink in the center, have a faint center ridge visible and are sparsely scaled near the leaf base.  The underside is fused in fine lineated stripes of scurf.

*VIPP plants have some spots

An endemic rupicolous species that is native to Brazil. It is slow to propagate so it takes a while to have them available for sale. The plant forms a large open rosette, to over 30 inches across with recurving stiff green leaves that have large spines.

A very fine smaller species with thickly succulent, very silvery to almost fuzzy leaves. Native to Southwestern Mexico, this clone is one from the collection of Ruby Ryde in Australia. A very nice, compact clone with very thick, silvery-white leaves. This species is easy to grow, will mature in a 6 inch pot but would do best in a larger container as the plant will form a cluster with time. The inflorescence is pink to purplish and plants are either male or female.

A stoloniferous, small grower with glossy, yellowish-green leaves in a funnelform rosette. Light speckling is evident above with dark purplish banding below.

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A small sized, colorful, stoloniferous hybrid, with green leaves that tint yellow with red tips, in strong light. The center blushes cherry red when in bloom and the plants form attractive clusters.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

The late Jim Elmore was ahead of his time when he made many interesting Neoregelia hybrids back in the mid 1970s. Some are quite beautiful and are with us today and some have disappeared from cultivation unless they exist here and there in private collections. This cross of 'Pepper' x 'Foster's Freckles' is a smaller grower than most of his others and forms 8 inch rosettes with somewhat bottle shaped bases. The leaves are broad and light green to yellowish when stressed and covered with many red spots. The offsets are on short stolons and the center blushes slightly reddish at anthesis with large blue flowers.

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Neoregelia Ignatz is a stoloniferous hybrid from Lisa Vinzant. Medium green leaves that have bands of red. The shape is a upright flaring rosette. grows to 6 inches across and 5 inches tall. Looks best in a hanging pot.

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A cultivar of the hybrid marnier-lapostollei x glomerata by Sally Marz. Hechtia hybrids are fairly unusual. This plant, according to the late Dutch Vandeervort is a "A robust version of marnier-lapostollei" - leaves to about 12 inches and was a favorite of his with many gracing his Ventura, California garden. Many narrow, somewhat soft, spiny green leaves dusted with silver. A handsome plant and easy to grow.

Dyckia 'Metal Stripes' is a hybrid from Japan. It has dark grey leaves that glossy on top and scurfy underneath. The glossy leaves top have silver stripes. Grows to 12 inches across.

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As rare as they come. This is a beauty from Bahia, Brazil described by Luther & Norton, SEL96-0587A. A showy species with center leaves upright, fairly stiff and bright maroon-red. Lower leaves tend to drape over. Mature at about 3 feet tall, it produces a showy inflorescence with a red rachis and branches with greenish sepals that starts erect then drapes over of its own weight. A showy species suited to full sun. This plant is in few collections, anywhere.

A small growing Aechema recurvata hybrid by Lisa Vinzant. Olive green with dark leaf tips that turn blue with age. Produces a short inflorescence of pink. Matures at 10 inches tall. Grows best in bright filtered light.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

This large grower was released in 2010. A brightly colored hybrid of (carolinae variegated x Hannibal Lecter) x Norman Bates x (Blushing Tiger x Norman Bates). Up to 22 inches across. It has a upright bottle shape and a loose rosette. The green leaves have narrow white margins with small spines. In good light the plant develops a magenta veneer giving it a bright color. There are broken bands of dark red throughout the leaves. In strong light the outer leaves turn dark to almost black.