A new Chester Skotak release for 2012 was actually a cultivar of (Punctate Red x Hannibal Lector) that Chester made in 2002. A plant reminiscent of N. ampullacea in general size and shape, that has a pattern of reddish bars over a yellowish green base color above and reddish below. The marginal spines are quite stout and black and the leaf tips are apiculate.

A good terrarium plant and forms a nice cluster in a pot or basket. Named in honor of the late Ed Prince, a prominent bromeliad collector from Miami.

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A Chester Skotak release from 2012.  A little plant only about 5 inches tall and 6 inches across with inch-wide leaves of light green, albomarginated with white. With maturity the plant develops a magenta red color half way up the leaves, long before anthesis, with the magenta color on both sides of the leaves.

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This highly speckled Neo is a small grower and an attractive addition to any collection. A Carrone hybrid of (Neo. ‘Black Knight’ x ‘Vulcan’), it is mature at about 6 to 8 inches in a compact, somewhat upright rosette. Good windowsill plant for size and light requirements.

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A medium size grower. Green colored leaves that develop a purple veneer. The purple veneer is broken by many greenish yellow spots. Blushes purple at anthesis. Makes a nice landscape plant.

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Glowing coppery-red best describes the color of this vivid compact Neo. Some red speckling in the leaves give it character and the small size of 10 to 12 inches lets it fit nicely on your garden room shelf.

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A species plant, kautskyi has one of the most unusual colorations of any bromeliad. When grown ‘hard’, that is without excess fertilizer and in bright locations (up to full sun!) it takes on a vivid yellow color, with dark burgundy concentric bands. Very stunning and well suited to landscape use. Mature plants are about 15 to 20 inches across. Native to the Atlantic Forest of Eastern Brazil.

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