For additional information join The Bromeliad Society and receive 
their bulletins. $3.50 a year. Write to Miss Victoria Padilla, 647 
S. Saltair Ave., Los Angeles, California. 
AECHMEA HYBRID “Foster’s Favorite” 
Striking, highly polished, wine-red leaves with green at base. Deep blue 
flowers in winter. Flower spike develops berries which last for months. 
Easily grown. (See photograph.) 
3° pot size—l1.25 each 
4” pot size—2.50 each 
5” pot size—flowering size (10’-14” high) — 3.50-4.50 each 
AECHMEA FASCIATA (The Urn Plant) 
The leaves are sea-green striated with frosty white. Edges toothed. The 
flower spike comes in late summer from center of urn with pink bracts in- 
terspersed with French blue flowers that turn purple and rose. The flow- 
ers last 3-5 months. (See photograph.) 
3 pot size—1.50 each 
4 pot size—3.50 each 
AECHMEA ORLANDIANA 
An exotic Brazilian species flowering in winter with orange flower spike 
and white flowers. The zigzag mottlings of dark chocolate against the pale 
green background of the leaf gives a smart effect. Edge of leaf has brown 
teeth. (See photograph.) 
3” pot size—1.25 each 
4” pot size—3.50 each 
CRYPTANTHUS BIVITTATUS (ROSEA-PICTA) 
A spectacular, star-shaped, prostrate plant with decided stripes and a sal- 
mon-rose color. Very attractive to liven up a table in the home. 
3” pot size—75c each 
CRYPTANTHUS LACERDAE (Silver Star) 
This is a distinctly new star in plant oddities. The leaf is an emerald- 
green with a frosty band of white down the center. Being introduced for 
the first time. (See photograph.) 
3” pot size—1.25 each 
NEOREGELIA HYBRIDS (Painted Fingernail) 
Green leaves of this rosette-type plant are tipped with red. Blue flowers, 
generally appearing in spring, remain low in the cup. Can serve as a 
natural vase when not in flower. (See photograph.) 
4”’ pot size—small plants (6’-8” high)... 2.00-3.00 each 
5” pot size—specimen (8’-10” high; 12-15” 
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VRIESIA CARINATA HYBRID MARIE (Painted Feather) 
A conspicuous plant with its almost flat, feather-shaped spike of bright 
red and yellow bracts. Leaves sclid green. Flowers during winter (six 
months). Order in early fall to have plant in flower for winter season. 
(See photograph.) 
4”” pot size—flowering size—7.50 each 
Even when not in flower the varied colors and forms of bromeliad foliage 
make these plants highly prized for decorative purposes. 
44 Greenhouses at Mandarin on the St. Johns River 
