Tillandsia copanensis

382

$60.00

Title

Small Medium Large Specimen Plant A *08/17 Plant B *08/17

Quantity

BRIGHT FILTERED LIGHT

1-2 TIMES A WEEK

WATER LEAVES

LARGE GROWER

PET FRIENDLY

One of the most spectacular of Tillandsias, with succulent silvery leaves and a massive inflorescence consisting of a red rachis with long silvery white branches. A Honduran endemic, restricted to the river canyons of the northwest, near the Guatemalan border, where it grows high up on vertical limestone cliffs. A large grower, it thrives potted or mounted and can reach well over 30 inches tall. An outstanding plant worthy of space in any collection.

A slow growing, large, showy species that’s never in good supply.

Copanensis, Rhodocephala, (compressa x capitata 'peach' x fasciculata and funckiana 'Marron'

Always, always receive beautiful healthy plants from Tropiflora! These plants were even more beautiful than pictured.

Excellent Plant from an Outstanding Grower

T. copanensis: a large and healthy offset at a reasonable price - excellent plant. Shipped very fast and carefully packed with a heat pack and thermal insulation material for safe transport to the northeast in winter - arrived in perfect condition.

Tropiflora: purchased my first bromeliads from Dennis and Linda in the late 1980s “pre internet”. Even as their business has grown so large over the decades, some key elements have never changed - 1. they are a family business with the next generation now very involved in the day to day operations, and their extended family of employees have worked there for years - that says something about the way the owners treat their employees. Customers experience that same level of care and are treated as family. 2. When you order online you get professional service and prompt order fulfillment. Questions on the phone are warmly received and you can expect knowledgeable answers. Visit in person - you’ll see the dedicated care given to the plants by their workers. And Brian the head grower can find anything you might be looking for and give you expert advice on growing it. A professional experience and treated as family - Best of the Best.

Cryptanthus 'Black Raspberry'

382

$60.00

Cryptanthus 'Black Raspberry' - Tropiflora

An outstanding Carole Richtmyer hybrid, one of six cultivars of ‘Rita Padden’ x ‘Red Baron,’ its grex mates being: ‘Cranberry,’ ‘Sweet Pea,’ ‘Tom Padden.’ ‘Wild Cherry,’ and ‘William Richtmyer,’ having 10+ elliptic leaves with lax serration, slightly undulating edges, and longitudinal crenulation of the leaf forming an open round shape 18″ to 24″ in diameter. The leaves are a dark red covered with black blotches and irregular cross barring. The leaves are glossy above and lightly scurfy underneath.

Cryptanthus 'Blackberry'

723

$15.00

A Carole Richtmyer hybrid, a cultivar of ('Rita Padden' x argyrophyllus) x 'Strawberries Flambe' and grex mate to 'Indian Summer' and 'War Paint,' having about 10 glossy, semi-channeled, laceolate leaves with down-turned tips, in shades of dark red on new growth to purple-black in cooler, darker conditions and maturing to an open round rosette 12" in diameter. The leaf edge has dense serration and medium undulation, a light silvery scurf appears in the lower leaf axils.

***For best results, we recommend growing this particular cultivar in a dirty Turface® mix, equal parts peat based potting mix and Turface® All Sport. Fill the bottom of your pot with a shallow layer of potting mix, this prevents the Turface® mix from running out the bottom of your pot, and the remainder with the dirty Turface® mix.

Cryptanthus 'Blackboard Jungle'

9524

$20.00

This Cryptanthus has 8+ long lanceolate leaves forming a large 24" open oval-shaped plant. The "blackboard" black, densely serrated, slightly crisped edged leaves are evenly striped with medium dense scurf bars that reach edge to edge and gradually fade with age. The leaf tips twist slightly upward exposing the medium dense scurf of the underside.

Cryptanthus 'Brown Sugar'

9436

$10.00

This Carole Richtmyer hybrid is one of two cultivars of Cryptanthus ‘Rita Padden’ x lacerdae ‘Menescal,’ the other being ‘Stephen Hoppin,’ having 18+ linear-lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 12″ in diameter with a full round shape. Green-brown in color with the typical scurf pattern of Cryptanthus lacerdae, that is, a central triangle of scurf outlined with a non-scurf margin outlined with scurf to the leaf edge. Offsets are produced on 4″ to 6″ long stolons.