(Encholirium horridum x Hechtia rosea (macdougallii) (spineless form) by Ray Lemieux. The first ever in this nothogenera! A large grower to about 5 feet across and 3 feet tall in a full rosette of about 150 leaves. The leaves are 2.25 inches at the base, tapering to a point, almost spineless, with a few random small spurs and average 45 inches long. The inflorescence is 5 feet tall, 1.5 inches thick at the base with 32 branches and is red with red bracts. The flowers have red sepals and red petals. The plant is a spectacular specimen for landscape, blushing bright red in strong light.

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.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

This Stephen Hoppin hybrid, a cultivar of ‘Stephen Hoppin’ x ‘Richard Lum,’ is a large, flattish, star-like rosette to 24 inch diameter.  Slightly scurfed, undulating foliage with tangerine, pink, and green mottled tones, or vibrant pink in stronger light, is marked with two defined longitudinal stripes running the entire length of the leaf and slightly scurfed beneath with some cross banding.

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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.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A marginated sport of Canistrum triangulare that occurred at Olive Branch nursery in Brisbane Australia. It grows to 12 inches high and 10 inches across. It is a dense rosette of narrow leaves. Offsets occur before anthesis. It grows best in a hanging pot. 

A nice miniature to only about three inches across with narrow, bronzy leaves bearing moderate marginal spines. The inflorescence is about 8 inches tall bearing yellow flowers. It quickly forms clusters with many offsets.

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This Carole Richtmyer hybrid is a cultivar of ('Manoa Mist' x 'Clyde Jackson') x 'Earth Angel' having 12+ lanceolate leaves forming a  small plant to 8 inches in diameter with a full round shape.  The light green leaves edged and marbled with dark olive green and highlighted with light orange are covered with indistinct silver-white barring centered mostly on the midrib and not quite making it to the leaf edges.  The slightly wavy crisped leaves are highly recurved and twist at the tip to reveal the lineated medium dense scurf underneath.

*Offsets available

A Tropiflora hybrid with our best red rosea (formerly meziana). These are running the gamut from silver to red, some with scurfing, some without, all nice.

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A smaller grower with a somewhat upright rosette shape. The leaves are almost smooth, light green with darker green mottling and develop a reddish veneer with age. The center is light at anthesis with white flowers. Useful as a terrarium subject.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A variegated sport of Cryptanthus acaulis ‘Roseus’ (syn. var. ruber) discovered in 1981 by Ton Koning in his Novio Nursery, Nijmegen, Netherlands and later marketed by Novio. 

The names ‘Le Rey’ and “Koning” both mean “the King.”  Small, soft pink color on marginated leaves even in low light with broken green centers, and waving undulation with down-turned tips