Deuterocohnia brevifolia
Hardy groundcover bromeliad; yellow flowers
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Deuterocohnia brevifolia
Hardy groundcover bromeliad; yellow flowers
Tropical – shrubby, climbing, sprawling arms; night-blooming
Large stem caudex with taproot; vining w/broad lobed leaves
Caudex to 8ft. prefers shade while the 6ft. long vines prefer sun; keep warm and dry in winter
Tree-like caudiciform 2 feet around and can grow 10 feet tall. Palmate leaves.
Grows thickened roots and a small caudex. Woody branches. Leaves palmate when mature.
Rare; large caudex base with long stems, bonsai style. Dry in winter.
Large caudex base with long stems, small pink flowers. Bloom food in spring.
Caudex base with long stems. Often hybridized for a variety of flowers.
Beautiful cultivar with fat caudex base and stubby stems.
Very rare. Grows in rocky soils in areas with high winds off the horn of Africa. Large caudex to 8ft. Pale pink flowers, not often seen in cultivation.
Caudex base with tall stems, strappy leaves
Caudex base with long stems, bonsai style, flowers when young. Dwarf, shrubby.
Small, thick curly-edged leaves, to 4″ across with aerial roots
Slow growing, spotted grey-green leaves. Rot prone. Make sure you have very fast draining soil.
South African dense clumps of succulent leaves, spring bloomer
Round, purple-spotted leaves, to 4″ tall; leaves drop and root easily.
A. marianae var. immaculatus
Weird lumpy succulent with small branches, slow growing. Grows in the granite hills of Little Namaqualand. Rot prone in summer and winter.
Stiff, upright w/arching leaves; pink/purple flowers
2ft. terrestrial bromeliad; stiff leaves w/pinkish bloom stalks
Long recurved leaves turn bright red when rosette is ready to bloom and will produce many small lavender flowers.
Red-tipped gray-green leaves; delicate rosettes to 8″
A. decorum “Berry Nice”
Forms full mounds of 4″ rosettes. Colorful leaves with red edges and central stripe.