This clone of the species was obtained by the late Wally Berg in Brazil. Compared to the 'normal' form of the species, this one's leaves are narrower and pointed at the tip. It has an overall bronze coloration and a typical mulfordii bloom; orange branches with red bracts. A good full sun landscape plant. Great landscape plant.

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Aechmea nudicaulis v. cuspidata. This is from the widely variable nudicaulis group. A medium size plant growing to 12 to 16 inches tall. A narrow tube with a deep thumb print at the base of each leaf. The leaves are dark green with red near the base. The edges have large spines. 

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Stephen Hoppin created this wonderful Cryptanthus, a cultivar of his cross of ‘Ebony Beauty’ x ‘Roseus.‘  A large grower with rich, shiny dark brown leaves that have bright bands of silver running up their length.  This is not your typical windowsill Cryptanthus unless you have a big windowsill, it can reach 24 inches across!  Like most Cryptanthus it has white flowers.

A medium size growing species from Colinas do Sul Brazil. Thick succulent green leaves with some red along the edges when grown in full sun. The spines are short, stiff and very sharp. 

A hybrid by Wally Berg of (lilliputiana x 'Fireball') x eltoniana is a small grower with orange leaves in a compact rosette. He named this after one of his grandsons.

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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 selection of a Grant Groves cross, one of his famed neon-colored Neos, but variegated! Vivid pinkish red foliage with creamy-white variegation.

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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 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 decorative small growing plant, with deep burgundy colored, green speckled leaves. Makes a nice clump in a pot or basket. Very pretty.

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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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