A hybrid cultivar of Cryptanthus ‘Hapa Haole’ x ‘Elaine’ by Australian, David Cross.  A full rosette of leaves to about 18 inches across.  The leaves are banded with silver over a background color of dark brown to reddish-brown, with slightly wavy margins.

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This Dupuy hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Ruby’ x ‘Cascade’ having lanceolate leaves forming a small plant to 12″ in diameter with an open round shape.  The glossy ruby colored leaves have a darker midrib and are edged in dark red to black.  The leaves are crisply waved and are densely serrated.  The undersides of the leaves are lineated with fine scurf.

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This Carole Richtmyer hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Corinne’ x marginatus having 10+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to over 18″ in diameter with an open oval shape.  The lime green midrib of the leaves is covered in soft pink and edged with a lightly serrated darker green edge.  The leaves are covered with a fine layer of scurf giving them a matte finish.

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Stephen Hoppin has a way with hybrids and this is no exception.  A cultivar of ‘Dennis Cathcart’ x 'Elaine' having 10+ medium wide long lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 24″ in diameter with an open full round shape.  The brown-green leaves are heavily overlaid with silvery-grey, cascading rippling cross-banding.  The undersides of the leaves are covered in a medium dense silver white scurf.

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This Ed Edmiston hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Jet Age’ x lacerdae ‘Menescal’ having 10+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 12″ in diameter with a full round, open, flat rosette.  The plants are larger than Cryptanthus lacerdae ‘Menescal,’ but lacks the long stolons.  The light chocolate background leaf color is marked with silvery grey central and marginal longitudinal stripes.  The bottom of the leaf is covered in a medium dense lineated white scurf.

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An interesting species hailing from Bahia Brazil described in 1993.  The plant is very similar to Cryptanthus bahianus being stoloniferous, having stiff, narrow leaves with undulating margins, and colored a brownish-copper, but less succulent in nature.  A mature plant can attain a diameter of 10-inches.

This is the Type form ex Elton Leme.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A rather large growing, medium green, stiff, thorny plant. The tall inflorescence is perennial, blooming repeatedly. The tubular yellow and orange flowers are frequented by hummingbirds. This clone has something of a history. We got it from the old ‘Fantastic Gardens’ in Miami, after the Wilsons sold the nursery and moved to Costa Rica. Bob Wilson said that this plant was collected by Mulford Foster in Brazil many, many years ago and given to him. It was a giant plant when I got it, also many years ago. So, get a seedling of this plant and you own a piece of bromeliad history!

*May have some blemishes and trimmed leaf tips.

A cultivar of Dyckia ‘Snaggletooth’ f2. A compact rosette of broad, recurving, green leaves that taper to a point. The leaf margins are lined with closely spaced white spines that are prominent and large. The leaf surface is dusted with silver trichomes, and the leaves are silver on the undersides. Color is green with a pinkish tint and a silvery sheen.

An older hybrid of unknown origin. Narrow arching silver green leaves with comb like spines with a graceful rosette. Matures at 7 inches across. 

Medium to large growing hybrid. Burgundy green recurving leaves with large spines. There is a light silver grey scurf on both sides of the leaves. Grows best in bright filtered light to full sun.