Cargo Report

Vol 18 No 1 - July 2008

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Aechmea burle-marxii (SEL 96-0187) This clone is larger and more robust than the ‘typical’ form, with wide, channeled, glossygreen leaves. The inflorescence is branching with small berries that start yellow and fade to white. (Photo shows offset with a cut inflorescence)
Offsets only,
$17.50 #3503P

Aechmea chantinii 'Black' A spectacular clone with wide and gracefully arching dark chocolate colored leaves, heavily banded with silver. The inflorescence has red-orange bracts and branches tipped in yellow. Large seedlings in 4in pots,
$10.00 #522S

Aechmea 'Echidna' (chantinii x recurvata) A real nice small-growing hybrid with a fairly compact shape and nice color. The inch wide leaves are deeply channeled, grayishgreen, with silver banding. Very attractive. The inflorescence is pink and loosely resembles that of the popular Ae. fasciata. 5in pots,
$10.00 #3305

Aechmea kertesziae An attractive medium sized clustering plant has a cylindrical spike with rose-red bracts and yellow flowers. A good pot plant or hardy landscape plant with an upright rosette shape and short stolons. The green foliage has a dusting of trichomes giving a slight grayish appearance. Multiples in 6in pots,
$15.00 #4423M

Aechmea mexicana A popular landscape bromeliad with very wide leaves in an open rosette, tinting red when grown in full sun. Can grow to over three feet wide. The inflorescence is a panicle of large white berrylike fruits that turn blue/black when ripe.
Young plants in 6in pots,
$15.00 #1008S

Aechmea nudicaulis A nice and different clone from the vicinity of Chiriqui Grande, Panama, collected by Harry Luther ‘87. A stiff leaved plant, more open in shape than some other forms, with silver banding on the leaf undersides and heavy speckling on the upper sides when grown bright. The inflorescence is short, semi-erect with crimson bracts and yellow sepals and petals. Stoloniferous in habit, it grows to about 15in tall.
5in pots, $15.00 #4099

Aechmea nudicaulis 'Red Form' There are many forms of nudicaulis, with but a few officially described. For the purposes of collector’s keeping varieties separate, cultivar names are given. This one is simply known as ‘Red Form’, with tight, neatly tubular 18in tall rosettes of reddish green, growing in loose clusters. A handsome plant good for pot or mounted culture. Large plant with some offsets in 5in pots,
$10.00 #1637

Aechmea nudicaulis v. capitata A beautiful, stiff-leaved, tubular species that grows on stout, 6in stolons. The foliage is purplered, sort of striated in appearance. The inflorescence is a small cone-like head of yellow flowers with bright red bracts. Grows well potted or mounted. 5in pots,
$15.00 #4508

Aechmea organensis ‘Small Form’ A nice novelty with upright, flaring, stoloniferous rosettes to about 6in or so. The leaves are green with dark bases and apiculate tips, tiny spines. The inflorescence is a pyramidal head of pink ovaries and blue flowers on a grayish spike. 4in pots,
$12.50 #4447

Aechmea recurvata 'Red Form' A handsome and hardy, small colorful Aechmea. Reach only 8 to 10in tall. Their shape is somewhat bulbous, with swollen bases and leaves that constrict towards the top then flare out. The best feature is the color. This clone is rusty-red when grown in high light. When blooming, the top of the plant flushes bright red with lovely purple flowers. Half mature seedlings in 4in pots,
$10.00 #417

Aechmea recurvata 'Tokuri' This Japanese clone is a light green beauty with a tightly bulbous shape and brilliant red-orange blush on the upper leaves when blooming. We are offering seedlings about 1/3 mature in 4in pots.
$10.00 #4323

Aechmea seideliana A species from Brazil with serrate, green leaves in an upright rosette. The inflorescence consists of a cylindrical spike with red to pinkish bracts and blue flowers. A hardy landscape plant or a decorative pot plant. 5in pots,
$10.00 #6956

Aechmea ‘Seneca’ A handsome discolor leaved plant, light green on top, pale orange below, with dark spines and a lovely branched panicle of pink to red berries. 6in pots,
$25.00 #3873

Aechmea wittmackiana An upright, tubular rosette, green to reddish with bold silver banding. The inflorescence is drooping with a head of clustered reddish branches and blue flowers. A relative of Ae. distichantha that makes a hardy landscape plant. 6in
pots,
$15.00 #4372

Alcantarea imperialis 'Burle Marx Clone' Yet another form of this popular giant grower. This one is a choice clone, grown from ‘grass offsets’ from a plant out of the Burle Marx private garden in Rio. Has deeper toned, purplish leaves as it matures. Nice sized plants in 6in pots,
$25.00 #246

Alcantarea imperialis 'Volcano's Mist' A clone or possible hybrid with just slightly narrower leaves and more upright growth than the ’typical’ form. Large plants have a purplish-pink wash to the leaves and are very colorful. A Hawaiian plant which we have never before had in a smaller size, now available in 6in pots,
$20.00 #7108

Alcantarea nahoumii An impressive giant growing, species from Bahia. The foliage resembles somewhat the more familiar Alc. imperialis, but it is leafier and the leaves are narrower. The inflorescence is stunning, very tall with showy red scape bracts and drooping yellow branches only at the top of the scape. We have nice seedlings about 12in tall in 4in pots of a clone collected by Herb
Hill.
$17.50 #1556

Alcantarea regina A spectacular species of the seaside cliffs of Parati. The 2ft long purple speckled, glaucous leaves recurve at the tip and the scape has red bracts and long branches. Tends to stay smaller in container culture. 6in pots,
$15.00 #406

= Great for Terrariums

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