A succulent that can reach a foot tall but is easily kept smaller. It is a slow-grower with tan-white peeling bark. Armed with 1/4" spines at the base of each leaf, this succulent has pretty pale-green leaves with a pink blush at the base of the leaf stem that widens to a white veined wider tip. Flowers are similar, pink and green. 

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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.

This hybrid of (ampullacea x ‘Bright Spot’) by Paterson is an upright grower with inch wide leaves in a 10 inch high by 16 inch wide rosette on inch long stolons. The color is red with yellow-green mottling throughout. At anthesis the center colors slightly red.

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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.

A nice small hybrid from Lisa Vinzant. A loose rosette of green leaves and the plant develops brick red crossbands. Grows best in bright filtered light.

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A Ray Coleman cross of (gigas x ‘Tingua’) that is a large growing plant reaching 20 inches tall and 45 inches across with 3 inch wide leaves. In strong light the leaves are rich, rusty brown with some dark red speckling. No significant color change at anthesis. Flowers are blue. Useful in landscape as it is a large grower with a tolerance for sun and harsh conditions.

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A marginated clone of (carolinae variegated x carolinae ‘red form’) x gigas Skotak/Nahoum. Wide leaves form a full rosette to about 30 inches across. The dark chestnut-burgundy color of the leaves sets off the brilliant pink marginal variegation. A beautiful, vividly colored plant.

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A medium sized hybrid by Lisa Vinzant is a cultivar of Neoregelia ‘Punctate Red’ x pascoliana. An upright grower in funnel shape, apple green with strong red banding below and slightly less above. The red banding tends to merge towards the base, especially in older plants, and it develops an overall gray wash on the leaf undersides. Leaves are moderately stiff with medium spines on the margins.

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A large-growing hybrid from Chester Skotak. Medium green color with wide creamy variegation. Glossy red veneer with color breaks of spots and blotches. The shape is a dense rosette with overlapping leaves, growing to an average of 26 inches across. Beautiful color with a very striking pattern.

A miniature grower that resembles N. olens, with an upright rosette shape and stoloniferous habit. A yellowish-green plant with red leaf tips and a suffusion of red spots and speckles and a cherry red center flush.

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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.