Cargo Report

Vol 17 No 2 - August 2007

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Billbergia 'Tequila Sunset' ('Gothensis' x 'Poquito Blanco') A neat little Don Beadle hybrid that reaches only about 6in tall with a flaring, tubular shape. The leaves, which curl nicely, are orange-pink with abundant white spotting and blotching. Pups profusely. 4in pots,
$7.50 #3148

Billbergia sanderiana A choice species somewhat thickly vase shaped, with wide, light green leaves and heavy, decorative black spines. A spectacular pendant inflorescence has large, showy pink bracts, green-striped flowers and makes a wonderful, if short lived, show. 6in pots,
$10.00 #3748

Billbergia 'Tickled Pink' A really pretty unregistered Beadle hybrid that is hard to come by. A tightly tubular plant to about 15in tall, with a green background lightly banded with silver and covered with a deep brownish-pink veneer. Heavy blotching and spotting with white blushes bright pink in moderate to strong light. 5in pots,
$25.00 #2890

Billbergia ‘Tres Bien’ (amoena ‘Ed McWilliams’ x sanderiana’) (Beadle) A full open rosette to 14in, with violet to purple foliage that darkens as it matures to almost black at the base. 5in pots,
$15.00 #1867

Canmea ‘Larry’ This Chester Skotak hybrid of unknown parentage is part of a trio, the other two being ‘Curly Joe’ and ’Moe’. It has a showy, tulip shaped inflorescence with fairly long red bracts on a short scape. Stiff leaves in an upright rosette are green, marked with black tips and random black markings. Large offsets,
$12.50 #5138P

Dyckia reitzii v. rubra x 'Snaggletooth' One of our own Ray Coleman crosses using our fantastic clone of reitzii v. rubra and the stunning ‘Snaggletooth’. These plants are slightly variable but all are on the same theme, with nicely formed rosettes of reddish leaves bearing substantial, light colored, marginal spines. 6in pots,
$25.00 #5136

Dyckia 'Silver Back' f2 A hybrid with fosteriana is a silvery beauty with large marginal spines. An f2 cross assures a mix of genes and as such, no two plants are exactly the same. Most however are large growing to nearly 12in at maturity, reddish leaves coated with silvery trichomes and large, decorative spines. Nice plants in 6in pots,
$25.00 #7335

Guzmania ‘Empire’ A small lingulata hybrid with soft green leaves in a 10in rosette, bearing a large, bright-red, star-shaped inflorescence. Well suited to low light conditions and compact spaces. 4in pots.
$6.00 #916

Guzmania sanguinea 'Cousin It' We could just as easily called this one ‘Shirley Temple’ because of it ultra-curly leaves. You just have to see this one. A medium sized plant to about 18in across with many, many leaves that drape downwards, ending in a curl. At blooming the plants blushes bright red with yellow flowers. One of the most unusual forms of sanguinea we have seen. First release, 6in pots,
$50.00 #7340

Hohenbergia belemii 'Pastel Form' A rare, spectacular, colorful species from Salvador, Bahia. Glossy, strap-like, light green leaves in an upright rosette with a characteristic dark brown base bear a tall inflorescence with short pinkish-red branches and colorful blue flowers. A showy landscape specimen to 4ft tall. Large offsets,
$25.00 #4697P

Neoregelia 'Anne Anderson' (’Morris H. Hobbs’ x ’Fairy Paint’) (Goode) A compact beauty under 12in in a rosette of wide leaves with apiculate tips. Apple green leaves have a coppery-red veneer, bold red tips and random red markings. 5in pots,
$15.00 #6783

Neoregelia ‘Big Mac Special’ A large grower with very wide, leathery leaves in a 30in rosette. The chartreuse leaves have large areas of dark purple-brown veneer and dark apiculate tips. An outstanding plant in every way. 6in pots,
$45.00 #4499

Neoregelia 'Black Beauty' (Morris) An Australian cross of two forms of ampullacea resulting in an especially dark clone. Heavy deep-brown to almost black banding and spotting on both sides of the leaf. 6in tubular rosettes form on short stolons making a full cluster in a small pot. 4in pots,
$7.50 #5484

Neoregelia ‘Dr. Ken Lawson’ A Tropiflora hybrid by Ray Coleman is a concentric-type with 4in wide leaves forming a symmetrical rosette to 36in. Bronzy-red tinted leaves have purple-brown blotching and spotting, red tips and a cup that blushes red at anthesis. 6in pots,
$35.00 #6474

Neoregelia 'Edite' A stunner of unknown parentage by Rafael DeFaria in Rio de Janeiro. Burgundy-red leaves bear a profusion of white and green spots and flecks with pink variegation up the leaf centers. An overall wash of transparent red gives the plant a vivid glow. 5in pots,
$35.00 #6807

Neoregelia eltoniana x 'Grace' An attractive cross with a compact shape and medium wide leaves. Green with a bronzy hue, it blushes vivid red in the cup and out the leaves at anthesis. A medium grower to 16in or so. 5in pots,
$10.00 #4596

Neoregelia ‘Evan’ Vivid pinkish red foliage with creamy-white variegation and a rose center flush. Something different. Grows to 24in across and takes on best color in medium light. 6in pots,
$20.00 #6906

Neoregelia 'Fireball' x 'Empress' A pretty hybrid that takes the shape of ’Fireball’, a spreading small rosette on short stolons. The color is glossy green with red mottling and red tips. A nice plant for terrariums too. 4in pots,
$7.50 #4626

Neoregelia 'Fra Diavlo' A Jim Irvin hybrid of ‘Angel Face’ x ‘Marcon’. A stiff leaved, upright rosette to 20in across, lime green with a suffusion of red speckling that becomes a solid red veneer, heavier from the leaf tips inward. 6in pots,
$25.00 #6012

Neoregelia 'Galaxy' (chlorosticta ’Marble Throat’ x ’Takemura Princeps’) A beautiful, upright rosette of moderately wide leaves develops a difficult to describe coloration of pink, lavender, fuchsia over green with white mottling and spotting. Colors much better if grown ’hard’. 5in pots,
$15.00 #6003

= Great for Terrariums

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