Cargo Report

Vol 15 No 1 - May, 2005

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Neoregelia 'Mo' Peppa' Please' A great little Jim Irvin hybrid that matures at about 6in or less. Compact in a stiff-leaved rosette of green leaves, it is heavily covered with tiny, pepper-like burgundy specks. A cute little jewel. Singles in 4in pots
$7.50 #2242

Neoregelia 'Ninja' A famous and popular hybrid from Hawaii. Wide leaved and compact with apiculate leaf tips, it responds to cultural conditions and can vary. Grown bright and a little 'hard', it has purplish, opalescent leaves marked with blotches of dark purplish veneer, very dark, large spines and a purple center blush.
6in pots $30.00 #3589
Offsets $15.00 #3589P

Neoregelia pendula v. pendula An interesting small, ampoule-shaped Amazonian species with long, grassy leaves and exceedingly long stolons. Not as brightly colored as the much more popular variety brevifolia, but still blushes light red in it's center cup when blooming. Grow moist in bright light, out of direct sun. Offsets
$10.00 #4484P

Neoregelia 'Brown Recluse' (pendula x eleutheropetala v. bicolor) A compact, bulbous, stoloniferous plant has spiny, dark foliage and a red center. Offsets
$6.00 #814P

Neoregelia 'Purple Star' A stunning, fairly new hybrid from Grant Groves. Bright vivid purple all over, becoming more intense with age, in the tradition of 'Grace' and other popular 'neon-colored' Neos. At about 20in, it is suited to interior use or landscape. Prefers bright indirect light for best color. 6in pots
$17.50 #2061

Neoregelia 'Red Waif' A neat little miniature, about 3in tall when mature. It's green, but so heavily speckled with red pepper spots that the plant looks red. Great for terrariums. Stoloniferous, so it makes a nice cluster in a basket or pot. Mature size offsets
$6.00 #5603P

Neoregelia 'Silver Tiger' A cross between two clones of carcharodon, 'Tiger' which has green leaves banded with red in a large rosette and 'Silver' which has stiff, upright, silvery leaves and big spines. This plant has silver washed leaves with abundant specks, spots and some bands of brown. Medium sized in 5in pots
$20.00 #283

Neoregelia smithii A small species, similar to tristis, has light green leaves heavily mottled with purplish blotches and bearing slight spines. The center blushes white at anthesis with more pronounced purplish mottling. In strong light, the mottling nearly obscures the green. Offsets
$5.00 #4554P

Nidularium procerum 'Stripes' A color morph of this popular species that bears red striping on its light green leaves. A leafy rosette with a showy star-like inflorescence of reddish bracts. Good hardy landscape plants. Offsets
$7.50 #4899P

Nidularium serratum An unusual and handsome species growing to 24in in an open rosette, with fairly stiff leathery leaves, edged in prominent sharp spines. The color is green, washed with pink and heavily speckled with dark spots. The primary bracts are deep purple-red and the flowers sky blue. Offsets
$7.50 #1682P

Orthophytum benzingii A strange species that looks more like an inflorescence than a plant. Short, triangular leaves grow singly in a whorl up a tall stem, spaced a half inch to an inch apart. When it blooms, tight clusters of short branches and white flowers form at the top. Young plants in 3in pots
$7.50 #5218

Orthophytum maracacense A handsome plant with somewhat soft but heavily spined greenish brown leaves. The inflorescence is tall with long leafy bracts and clusters of greenish branches, producing white flowers. Offsets
$4.00 #2406P

Portea nana A miniature species related to P. alatisepala. Unlike some of the large and ungainly species, this one matures at only about 12 to 16in. The leaves are green to coppery and the inflorescence pink. It has a somewhat stoloniferous habit. 6in pots
$17.50 #6769

Quesnelia marmorata An upright, flaring tube of grayish-green leaves, lightly spotted with reddish-purple. A handsome stoloniferous plant that grows well mounted or potted. Clumps of 3 to 4 plants in
6in pots, $20.00 #603
Offsets, $6.00 #603P

Tillandsia baileyi 'Halley's Comet' A real cute little plant that makes many offsets along its inflorescence. Similar to the regular Til. baileyi, small growing, bulbous based, clumping, with silvery leaves and pink spike. Prolific beyond anything you've seen. Small clumps
$6.00 #3328

Tillandsia brevilingua A species from the Amazonian side of the Peruvian Andes where it grows in moist forests. An upright vase-shaped rosette of shiny green leaves with a pendant inflorescence a striking coral color. Seedlings bear some dark markings, but adult plants have green leaves. We have mature plants in 4in pots. $15.00 #642

Tillandsia capitata x xerographica A stunner that came from Guatemala in a shipment of xerographica, years ago. The shape and size are similar to the xerographica, with broad, gracefully arching leaves of silvery green. Softer in texture than a xero, its leaves are fuzzy to the touch. The inflorescence is capitate, a cluster of tight branches with long, graceful bracts that blush deep pinkish-peach.
$20.00 #5135

Tillandsia chiapensis An all-time favorite, easy to grow, beauty from the dramatic canyons of Chiapas, Mexico. A pinkish-silver plant with wide, leathery, scurfy leaves in a broadly spreading open rosette to 12in. The inflorescence consists of one to several inflated, pink branches which can last in color for a year. Medium-sized plants
$7.50 #154

Tillandsia cryptantha A lovely plant from Mexico, grows to almost a foot tall in an open rosette of shiny light green leaves. The inflorescence is on a stout scape with long bracts forming a clustered head, resembling Til. capitata. The entire plant blushes red in bloom, and the purple flowers remain almost hidden within the colorful bracts. Apparently rare in cultivation.
$6.00 #3385

= Great for Terrariums

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