A nicely variegated clone of this form of the species that is notable for its dense, capitate inflorescence. A short, wide-leaved plant with the classic ‘thumbprint’ and a showy inflorescence with bright red bracts and yellow flowers.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A small grower with an upright, vase shape and stoloniferous habit. The color is uniformly dark purplish, darker in bright conditions. A hybrid of unreported parentage, it probably has paucifolia in its background.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A new 2024 release from Chester Skotak. A large grower that matures at 32 inches across. Medium green with white margins Numerous wavy cross-bands throughout the leaves. The veneer is bright red. Grows best in bright filtered light.

This hybrid by Devonshire is a cultivar of 'Tiger Cub' x ampullaceae. An attractive miniature forming a five inch tall tubular rosette with slight flaring at the top. The yellow green leaves have thick brick red cross banding, very striking. Offsets are borne on 6 inch long stolons. Hybrids from Andrew Devonshire of New Zealand plants are not common in the US.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

An ampullacea (hybrid?) from Chester Skotak. We don't know much about this plant but presume it is from Rafael DeFaria in Rio de Janeiro originally, for whom Chester named it. A nice, heavily banded, dark plant to about 6 inches tall with stiff leaves in an upright rosette. The leaves are banded on the upper and undersides and have slight red tips.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A large growing hybrid from Ray Coleman. Super wide leaves that twist down at the tips. Dark green with a deep purple veneer with variegation. The variegation is almost unnoticeable due to the veneer. Anthesis color is a deeper purple,

First time release was at the 2022 Bromeliad World Conference

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A 3 to 4 inch tall plant with upright growth and distinctly pointed leaf tips. Dark green with pronounced brown banding below and faint banding becoming speckles on the upper sides. Offsets on short stolons, it forms attractive clusters and thrives potted or mounted. This clone has a different appearance than most other ampullacea cultivars.

Similar species to compacta, but larger and (we think) nicer. A large grower with light green, slightly mottled, spineless leaves which flush deep red with white speckles in the center when blooming. Pups are stoloniferous and upright.

(Blooming photo courtesy of Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies)

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A handsome species that should be more widely grown, has an open rosette shape about 12 inches across, coppery green with heavy markings of dark brown to almost black and dark leaf tips. Fragrant flowers.

*VIPP plants are offsets - NOT the mature plant in the photo

THIS PLANT IS ON C.I.T.E.S. AND CANNOT BE EXPORTED

A pachycaul native to Madagascar where it attains tree-like dimensions. In cultivation it responds to pot size and will remain dwarfed if kept in smaller containers. The silvery trunk is thick and covered with heavy spines and is crowned with light green, six to ten inch leaves. Very easy to cultivate and useful in xeriscaping in frost free areas. Makes a good house plant, and often goes by the name of 'Madagascar Palm' but of course, it is not palm at all. 

Pachypodiums go dormant in winter and lose their leaves. Do not be alarmed by this natural leaf drop.