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A hybrid of Tillandsia aeranthos x gardneri. Fairly stiff, silvery-green leaves in a full 8 inch rosette. Pretty pink floral bracts. Easy to grow and prolific.
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One of the giant tuberous aroids that form a single, umbrella-like leaf on a fleshy stem. The stem or petiole, which can reach 4 feet tall is mottled in shades of green. The fleshy tuber is subterranean and is grown for food in Asia. Flowers appear before leaves on mature plants, a 6 inch funnel-shaped spathe is deep glossy purple with an erect purple spadix.
*VIPP plants are just starting to grow
*Please note: this plant will go dormant in the cooler months. Store in a cool, dry area and refrain from watering.
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Bill Timm’s cross of (ionantha v. vanhyningii x bulbosa) is pretty much just what you’d expect. The plant without a flower looks very much like a bulbosa is shape and size, perhaps a bit stiffer with thicker leaves. When in flower, the inflorescence is more like that of the ionantha v. vanhyningii parent, short, almost without a scape, with a cluster of tight branches and blue flowers. The top of the plant and the inflorescence blushes red at anthesis.
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Chester Skotak’s tongue-in-cheek name hardly does justice to this nice variegated hybrid of Neo carolinae and ‘Painted Lady’. A lovely red/orange with dark variegation. A compact grower to about 16 inches, symmetrical and colorful.
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A hybrid of (mallemontii x duratii) by M. Patterson in Australia, it’s a pretty good combination of the two parents. Tillandsia duratii is a robust plant with a long stem and curling leaves, rootless in the adult form and producing a long, branched inflorescence with fragrant purple flowers. Tillandsia mallemontii is a plant with fine leaves, forming a tangled ball with many plants. The slender inflorescence is un-branched and produces a large, fragrant, purple flower.
The hybrid ‘Wonga’ looks more like a skinny duratii with many curly leaves and a long, branching inflorescence. The stunning thing though is that the flowers of both parents are very fragrant and those of ‘Wonga’ are not!
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THIS PLANT IS ON C.I.T.E.S. AND CANNOT BE EXPORTED
This fast growing Madagascan pachycaul is the largest of the rutenbergianum group and the most southerly in range. Clusters of violet/white flowers appear in spring before the plant comes out of dormancy. A tree-like pachycaul that is suitable for landscape use. Our plants are seed grown.
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A large growing Neoregelia hybrid maturing at 20 inches across. Green with a red veneer and numerous spots within the veneer. In strong bright light the veneer becomes more intense and the spots turn yellow. Not recommended for full sun!
*VIPP plants are Offsets
Both the Jenga and the Java purchased were excellent selections. They have added more color and variety to my bromeliad bed out front. I love them!
They are doing well and really enhance our entry
Love the new jenga s we picked up. They are even biggger than the originals we got. Look great in the front of our house under a bottle palm. Love Tropifora. Everyone is so helpful.
Very pleased with all the plants I’ve purchased. They are thriving and healthy. I did not plant them in the ground but kept them in their original containers because of the soil composition which makes all the difference. Thank you that recommendation.
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An attractive hybrid of (ionantha x chiapensis) by John Arden. As with most ionantha hybrids, it shows very strong characteristics of that species. A very leafy open rosette to about 8 or 10 inches tall with a pinkish blush to the scurfy, silvery leaves. The inflorescence is very colorful, a cluster of bright red branches nested deep in the center, with large, tubular, inky-blue flowers. Very pretty and easy to grow. Likes to be on the dry side.
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(‘Pink Sensation’ x ‘Royal Burgundy‘) A stunning cross by Grant Groves. Wide leaves in a symmetrical rosette have the pattern of ‘Royal Burgundy’, some speckling and blotching, but the coloration of ‘Pink Sensation‘. Outstanding in every way.
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Neoregelia 'Treasure Chest'
Beautiful plants! Well packaged. Speedy delivery.
They ARE the experts on Bromeliads. They have a huge selection of all types of Bromeliads. This place is amazing!
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An interesting little shrub-like, caudiciform tree from Oaxaca, Mexico with a thickly swollen trunk and tan to reddish peeling bark. The dense branches have small obovate, deciduous leaves and bear tiny, aromatic fruits. Great for bonsai work. The leaves may turn bright colors if exposed to cool temps in the fall of the year.
Nice specimen, received as stated in description. Staff is always
knowledgeable and helpful.
Tropiflora always has interesting and healthy plants, one of my favorite places!
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Bill Timm’s hybrid of Tillandsia ionantha ‘Druid’ x ionantha v. vanhyningii, looks pretty much like a large vanhyningii. If this plant had turned out with a yellow blush instead of red, more like the ‘Druid’ parent, then this would have been a show stopper. But alas it isn’t yellow, but it is still a very nice, compact and colorful plant as you can see by the photo.
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A cultivar of (calyculata x recurvata) is a tough and handsome small grower that keeps a compact shape in varying light conditions. The recurvata parent lends an upright, compact, vase-like shape, and the calyculata parent adds the bright yellow flowering inflorescence. Nice for landscape around boulders.
*VIPP plants are Offsets
I know bromeliaceae that I have grown and known way up here in the frozen tundra. Yes, here in East Tennessee USA the land is stretched out horizontally east to west. Formerly from the Atlantic Coast to the great Mississippi River, as Carolina, after Andrew Jackson evicted all the Cherokee Nation.....
Any way I digress.
This is one of my current top ten cold hardy landscaping bromeliads. Originally I got one offset from nurseryman, hybridizer, and all round nice guy Grant Groves maybe 10 years ago.
With out a name tag.
But I know bromeliaceae, and I've been growing them since 1979. This Ae. 'Phoenix' is the same clonotype, or cultivated variety.
Xander Karatas. Somewhere in the Smokies.
The plant arrived in good condition, and I can't wait to see it bloom.