A Ray Coleman cross of (gigas x ‘Tingua’) that is a large growing plant reaching 20 inches tall and 45 inches across with 3 inch wide leaves. In strong light the leaves are rich, rusty brown with some dark red speckling. No significant color change at anthesis. Flowers are blue. Useful in landscape as it is a large grower with a tolerance for sun and harsh conditions.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A small compact colorful miniature Neoregelia. Average height is 4 inches and 4 inches across. Medium green with bright white margins. Numerous speckles and bars of red cover the thick leaves. Upright flaring shape.

*VIPP offering are OFFSETS. NOT the mature plant in the photos

A cultivar of ampullacea x tigrina by W. Morris. This is a great little plant with the characteristics that make it hot for hybridizers. A miniature, about 6 inches tall in an upright, stoloniferous rosette, with light green leaves heavily barred below with dark reddish-maroon.

The bars and bands show through the leaf from below. The green base color will turn yellow with strong light and the red bands become much brighter too. The plant was a favorite of our late friend Wally Berg.

A clone of ('Hannibal Lecter' x punctatissima rubra) by Chester Skotak. A highly marked, medium grower to about 16 inches across, with fairly stiff arching leaves that are heavily armed with stout spines. The color is glossy green with a veneer of reddish-brown, broken cross bands and spots on both sides of the leaves. There is no doubt a story behind the name.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A choice form that should be registered. (Maybe we will). Depending on how it’s grown, can be very ampoule-shaped with short leaves or a little more open in a vase shape. Green with dark reddish brown banding, stronger on the undersides of the leaf. Grows on short stolons, forming attractive clumps and perfect for mounting or for decorative containers or baskets.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A new species from the Atlantic Forest of Espiritu Santo, Brazil, described by Leme and Kollmann. A lithophyte in nature, it has stiff leaves about in inch wide in an upright, funnelform rosette. Very colorful, with bright coppery-green leaves with bright red-orange tips. Leaves are silvery banded below.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

Clustering bronzy-yellow upright plants about 10 inches tall, with narrowly tapering leaves much like the wilsoniana parent. The plants have dark maroon banding and much reddish speckling.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A smaller, stoloniferous species interesting to collectors and breeders alike. Starting as slender offsets, gradually growing wider in leaf until maturity. The yellowish leaf coloration becomes almost black at the base and in the cup. It has large white flowers and is a favorite of hybridists.

*VIPP plants are Offsets