BROMELIADS 

B16 B18 B20 B22 B24 
ANANAS sativus variegatus [B36], rose and yellow variegated 
Pineapple, red edged; magnificent; medium plant 20.00. 
BILLBERGIA Amoena [B24] (Brazil), fluted bronzy gray with 
pronounced silver crossbands; blue pendant flowers and red 
bracts, 1.50to-5.00) 
BILLBERGIA distachia [B22], tall narrow foliage, gray green, 
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BILLBERGIA Euphemiae Alberti [B16] (Brazil), broad leaves, 
green with purple, powdered white; medium plant 1.50. 
BILLBERGIA macrocalyx, stiff gray-green tubes with silver 
bands, medium plant 1.25. 
BILLBERGIA Meyeri [B12] (Brazil), tall slender bronzy-gray 
foliage with gray blotches and bands, tips gracefully curled; 
greenish spidery bracts, medium plant 2.00. 
BILLBERGIA nutans [B18] (Brazil), Queens Tears, narrow 
bronzy silver foliage; rose bracts with greenish flower, edged 
purple, 50c to 1.00. 
BILLBERGIA pallescens (Brazil), medium broad gray-green 
leaves, upper parts of which bend decidedly away from closed 
tube, 1.00 to 1.50. 
BILLBERGIA pyramidalis (Peru), vase shaped medium olive 
green foliage; red bracts in truss form with blue flower, 1.50 
to 2.50. 
BILLBERGIA Saundersii (Brazil), foliage green, diffused with 
pink, ivory blotches; flower with dark red bracts; tubular, 
2.00 to 3.00. 
BILLBERGIA Saundersii Hybrids [B20], Rainbow Plant, bronzy 
or variegated bayonet-like foliage; crimson bracts with pen- 
dant red and indigo flowers, 1.50 to 2.00. 
BILLBERGIA thyrsoidea (Brazil), broad foliage of friendly 
green; red bracts with blue flowers; robust, 1.50 to 3.00. 
BILLBERGIA quintitissima, hard foliage of tubular growth; tall 
and narrow, dark green, 1.00 to 1.50. 
BILLBERGIA zebrina (Brazil), tall fluted gray foliage, with 
silver zebra bands on outside, black thorns, 2.00 to 3.50. 
BILTANTHUS beuckeri [B30] (Billbergia and Cryptanthus hy- 
ar , green mottled bronze, narrow pointed foliage, 1.00 to 
CRYPTANTHUS acaulis (Brazil), small rosettes, gray green, 
dusted silver, 35c to 50. 
CRYPTANTHUS acaulis ruber (Brazil), small rosettes, dark 
bronzy dusted beige, 35c to 50c. 
CRYPTANTHUS acaulis discolor (Brazil), heavy silvery leaf to 
10. long; 3:50: 
CRYPTANTHUS bivittatus (Brazil), large type, two pale green 
transverse bands on pinkish bronze leaf, 1.50. 
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