Bromeliad Hybrids 'For my own satisfaction' book 2: Cryptanthus, Tillandsia, Vriesea & others Large format, paper bound, 210 x 295mm, 74 pages with 452 color photos, © 2010 Bill & Margaret Paterson. This beautiful book is valuable not only for it's beautiful pictures, but also because it documents the prolific hybridizing work of Margaret over more than 30 years. A handy index lists plants by grex, pollen and seed parent, date and contains notes on naming, and other info. A valuable tool for hybridizers and hobbyists alike. You may be surprised to find some of Margaret's hybrids in your collection that you did not know you had! Imported from Australia.

A dramatic Steve Correale cross of Till. chiapensis x Till. botteri. This is a grex sibling to T. 'King Cobra', with differences mainly found in the overall size of the plant and shape of the inflorescence. A large grower with a loose rosette shape that can reach 20 inches across and 20 inches tall.  The leaves are thick and leathery, heavily scurfed with silver trichomes, silvery but tinting pinkish-red in strong light.  The inflorescence can be 30 inches tall with long, thick, upright and curving branches of dark pink-red.

Tillandsia brachycaulos × Tillandsia fasciculata

An unknown hybrid we received years ago, labeled T. kegeliana hybrid. Our best guess would factor in T. fasciculata Costa Rica, as well. First release of this beauty!

A pretty plant that grows caulescent clusters, with wide, stiff, silvery-white leaves. The inflorescence is a simple thin red spike. Native to central Mexico. Can be cultivated in a basket, mounted or hanging from a wire or string. Likes bright light and good air circulation. This clone is much smaller than the normal form.

Tillandsia (foliosa x concolor) x fasciculata Panama Steve Correale

Another lovely hybrid by Paul Isley of xerographica x rothii. 

C.I.T.E.S. - No export, sorry.

*VIPP plants are not in bud

A complete unknown. This lovely plant has been growing in our collection for at least 20 years without an identification. A long, leafy, almost fasciculata looking plant that produces striking yellow-orange multi-branched inflorescence.

A pretty caulescent hybrid of Till. albida x funckiana. 

An impressive hybrid of Tillandsia fasciculata x ionantha by Mark Dimmitt. 

A natural hybrid of Tillandsia gardneri x stricta. The native range of this hybrid is southeast Brazil.