122. AECHMEA LINDENII. A stout-growing plant. The tall vase-like rosette is of 
stiffly broad light green leaves. The petals of the spike are a bright lemon-yellow. 
126. AECHMEA LINGULATA (formerly Wittmackia lingulata). This rare plant has 
pointed finely-toothed leaves of a heavy texture that suggests hardiness in the open in 
the coastal belt of Southern California. The attractive inflorescence is a great race- 
Mate of berry-like flowers. The scape bracts are a bright red—the fruit, white 
or red. 
128. AECHMEA MARIAE-REGINAE. The queen of the genus and a famous plant of 
Costa Rica, where it is known as Espiritu Santo and Pina de palo. Under optimum con- 
ditions the great rosette of leaves will span 5 feet. The long, soft, pendant bracts of 
the spike first catch the eye as a lovely delicate pink. The flowers cluster closely to 
form a cylinder at the top of the spike. 
130. AECHMEA MEXICANA. A large species. The leaves are rich green and narrow 
gradually to a point. The fine teeth along the margins are red. Inflorescence in a 
great panicle. Flower petals red. 
132. AECHMEA MINIATA VAR. DISCOLOR. This plant, easy to grow, flowers and 
suckers freely. Much like Ae. fulgens var. discolor, but the leaves are more shiny and 
the blue of the petals lighter. A fine, bright, house plant. 
134. AECHMEA MINIATA x CALYCULATA. A very handsome hybrid, the upper side 
of the leaves green, the under side, reddish. The spike has the clear yellow petals of the 
second parent. A very fine plant that is most rewarding and easy to grow well. 
136. AECHMEA ORLANDIANA. This unusual plant was discovered in Brazil by the 
plant explorer, Mulford B. Foster, and was named after his home city of Orlando. The 
leaves are zebra-mottled. The flower spike is orange with white flowers. An impressive 
effect is achieved when the suckers are left on the plant to form a group of attached 
rosettes. 
138. AECHMEA PECTINATA. In the Southern California coastal belt this becomes a 
fine yard plant. The leaves of the large rosette are narrowly pointed. The heart becomes 
suffused with rose. 
140. AECHMEA PITTIERI. We call this a desert form of Ae. bracteata from Costa Rica. 
This epiphyte is a surprise because it looks like a toothed agave, with its heavy teeth 
and gray peltate scales along the stiff leaves. A rarity in cultivation. 
142. AECHMEA PUBESCENS. The toothed, brownish leaves form a tall slender vase 
from which emerges on a slender shaft a spike that terminates in a head that suggests 
an ear of wheat. In this unique plant, however, the straw-colored petals turn a leaden- 
blue at maturity. 
144. AECHMEA RACINAE. A stunning plant that should be suspended. It is a complete 
departure from most members of the genus because the spike is a pendant lavaliere 
of red jewels tipped with yellow and black. Named after Racine Foster. It should 
produce its display about Christmas. 
146. AECHMEA TILLANDSIOIDES. A small oddity—the spike rises to a compound 
inflorescence. The flowers are blue. 
148. AECHMEA VICTORIANA. A Brazilian discovery by Mulford B. Foster. The leaves 
form a vase like rosette. The slender spike emerges to display berry-shaped flowers of 
changing dark colors. 
150. AECHMEA WEILBACHII. A fairly hardy species with leaves suffused with reddish 
brown and flowers of blue and red. A vigorous grower that suckers freely. South 
America. 
152. AECHMEA WEILBACHII x FULGENS. We found this hybrid in Europe. The first- 
named is dominant. Suckers freely. 
154. ANANAS COMOSUS TRICOLOR. A medium-sized pineapple of simply breath- 
taking beauty when the green and white striped plant is spiking, or about to spike. The 
tuft on top of the smallish pineapple is solidly bright rose; the central leaf areas below 
the fruit are also bright rose, and a suffusion of this color extends along the white 
and green striped leaves. The combination of the three colors—green, white, and 
bright rose—gives a sensational effect to this plant with its already attractive silhouette. 
The fruit is edible, moreover, and the crown will make a nice start on a new plant. 
156. BILLBERGIA LEITZII. A slender, small growing species, almost certain to bloom 
for Christmas. 
158. BILLBERGIA LEPTOPODA. A small growing species with a silhouette so bizarre 
that the plant is called ‘“The Permanent Wave Plant.’' 
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