This is one of nicest forms of recurvata, which includes many excellent clones. This one, which originated in the collection of Chester Skotak, forms a small, tight, bulbous rosette with recurving leaves at maturity and colors up with reddish upper leaves, pink bracts and lavender flowers. When not blooming, the leaves are light green with a slight grayish cast.

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A small clumping hybrid with warty textured leaves. Green with white and pink spine edges. Prefers bright light to full sun for growing conditions.

A hybrid cultivar of Cryptanthus ‘Hapa Haole’ x ‘Elaine’ by Australian, David Cross.  A full rosette of leaves to about 18 inches across.  The leaves are banded with silver over a background color of dark brown to reddish-brown, with slightly wavy margins.

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This Jim Irvin hybrid is one of three cultivars of ‘Diverse Pink’ x sinuosus ‘Cascade,’ the others being ‘Roman Candle’ and ‘Strawberries Flambe,’ having 15+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium-large plant with a full round shape to 18″ in diameter.  The medium narrow leaves in bright green flushed with orange-red along the margins at maturity are so shiny as to appear polished.  The undersides of the leaves are covered in a light lineated white scurf.

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An albomarginated clone of Cryptanthus zonatus (aka fosterianus).  Growing from 18 inches to 24 inches across, the leaves are a chocolate brown in color with hot pink margins.  There are regularly spaced silver bands across the leaves.  Truly one of the best Cryptanthus to have!

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.

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This is one of the most sought Dyckia hybrids for its own beauty as well as for a hybrid parent. A leafy, symmetrical rosette of narrowly tapering leaves with prominent marginal spines. Color is bronzy-green becoming dark chestnut brown with a purplish tint and a silvery sheen. The huge marginal spines are starkly silvery white. A choice plant, this is a piece of the original clone.

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 24 inches across with recurving stiff glossy green leaves that have large spines. Prefers to be grown in bright light. 

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A procumbent, shrub-like Euphorbia with a surprisingly ample caudex. The plant is a low grower with pencil thick branches bearing tiny spines. When in leaf, the foliage is oblong, with wavy margins and slightly pubescent. The cyathea vary from chartreuse to tan or pinkish-red. The caudex will form underground but can be elevated above the soil. It gets quite thick, to about 2 inches in time. Native to the area of Tongobory in southeastern Madagascar.

 A small slow-growing succulent from South Africa with fleshy stemless leaves. The green leaves have ivory variegation. Gasterias like Haworthias are winter growers in the Northern Hemisphere. 

A spectacular variegated chimera of ospinae v. gruberi. Upright growth of green mottled leaves have bold white variegation running up the length. Within the variegation the mottling is red giving the pattern a sharp contrast which makes it stand out. An exceptional clone of an exceptional species! 

A rare hybrid of Hechtia argentea x tillandsioides named after Dorothy Byer. It Is not clear if this is a natural hybrid or a man-made hybrid, but was named by Dorothy along with Dutch Vandervort.

Hechtia hybrids are very rarely made as it takes a male and female plant, blooming at the same time, not just two different plants. A large grower with very many narrow, tapering leaves in a full, leafy rosette. The leaves arch gracefully, somewhat recurving. The marginal spines are very reduced, but are sharp and the plant should be handled with caution as the leaf edges can cut your skin quite easily.