cool and unusual tropical plants at TPIE

[Eric in Orlando]

Here are some of the more cool and unusual tropical plants I got photos of at TPIE show, Tropical Plant Industry Exhibition, in Ft. LAuderdale.

First, some Aglaonema hybrids;

'Crete'

'Vesuvio'

'Sterling' (looks similar to one I have called 'Alumina', cold tolerant)

LEFT-'Pride of Siam', MIDDLE-'Sapphire Suprise', RIGHT-'Donna Carman'

[Eric in Orlando]

Aglaonema 'Calypso' (cold tolerant)

Aglaonema 'Gold Dust' (cold tolerant)

Anthurium 'Otazu'

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Anthurium 'Tweed' (even had a tag that said "fool the cops!")

some Alocasia;

'Purple Cloak'

'Stingray'

[Eric in Orlando]

Alocasia infernis 'Kapit', that foliage was almost as black as it looks in the photo

Alocasia lauterbachiana

Alpinia purpurata 'Sunspice'

[Eric in Orlando]

Caladium 'Red Pear' (lots of unusual colored Caladium hybrids coming out of Thailand)

Beaucarnea guatemalensis

Ananas bracteatus 'Ivory Coast'- smooth leaves instead of the usual spiny ones

[Eric in Orlando]

Codiaeum variegatum 'Rudy Bachman'- Croton

Coccoloba rugosa- big leaves

Cordyline fruticosa 'Antares'- Ti Plant with narrow black leaves

'Brian's Diamonds'

[Eric in Orlando]

crested Pachypodium lameri

Ctenanthe 'Charlie'

Epipremnum aureum 'N Joy'- a differented variegated pothos vine

[Eric in Orlando]

Euphorbia punicea- makes a small tree, flowers almost all year

Ficus binnendijkii 'Amstel'

Ficus dammaropsis- gets leaves up to 3ft

Ficus natalensis ssp. leprieurii 'Variegata' (F. triangularis)

[Eric in Orlando]

Heliconia orthotricha 'Imperial'

Musa 'Black Thai' (may be M. balbisiana)

Ludovia integrifolia (a Cyclanthaceae)

Medinilla scortechinii

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unknown variegated Monstera deliciosa

Neoregelia 'Ardie'

Nephrolepis 'Emina' ( a weird sword fern)

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Oxera pulchella (winter flowering vine)

Christmas tree made from Tillandsias

Dracaena marginata 'Tarzan', leaves are much wider than the species, looked almost like a Yucca

[Eric in Orlando]

Finally some cultivars of Dracaena deremensis, quite a few displayed this year;

'Artie'

'Hawaiian Sunshine'

'Jade Jewels'

[Eric in Orlando]

'Spearmint'

'Super Lemon Tips'

TOP MIDDLE- 'Jade Jewel', LEFT- 'Malaika', RIGHT- 'White Suprise'

[Peter]

Great plants Eric-thanks for posting!

[MattyB]

Oh my!!!! Eric, nice job and thank you for posting.

[ariscott]

Wow... those alocasia are absolutely stunning!!!!!

Regards, Ari

[LJG]

Eric, when you say "Cold Tolerant". To what level? Any guesses?

[Palmgrover]

Wow Eric great shots. That Pachypodium in post #7 is cool and frightining at the same time. Thanks for sharing.

[Gbarce]

That Purple Cloak is pretty awesome looking!!

More pictures I hope??

[Eric in Orlando]

Glad you all liked the photos. The TPIE show is a really good one to attend, if you ever get the chance, go to it.

Thats all I have, I had more but many were blurry and I deleted them, I accidentally had the wrong setting on the camera when I first started taking photos.

[Eric in Orlando]

Eric, when you say "Cold Tolerant". To what level? Any guesses?

They will tolerate low to mid 30sF. In the past, many of the Ag hybrids were tender and below 50F would cause them to yellow and below 40 would cause the stems to die back. Some growers started looking for hardier varieties or started testing to see which couuld handle cooler temps as it was a problem shipping them in the colder months. These were supposed to be some of these hardier types.

We have grown some in the ground here that have survived low 30sF under tree canopy. They include;

'Alumina'

'Cory'

'Emerald Star'

'Jewel of India'

'Queen of Siam'

'Silver Bay'

A. costatum

A. modestum

This summer we planted 'Cecila' and 'Nicole' out. They are larger growing ones. Since we hit 31F last night I am curious how they fared.

[LJG]

Wow. That is good news. I will have to try to track down some of these and test here in SoCal.

Eric, when you say "Cold Tolerant". To what level? Any guesses?

They will tolerate low to mid 30sF. In the past, many of the Ag hybrids were tender and below 50F would cause them to yellow and below 40 would cause the stems to die back. Some growers started looking for hardier varieties or started testing to see which couuld handle cooler temps as it was a problem shipping them in the colder months. These were supposed to be some of these hardier types.

We have grown some in the ground here that have survived low 30sF under tree canopy. They include;

'Alumina'

'Cory'

'Emerald Star'

'Jewel of India'

'Queen of Siam'

'Silver Bay'

A. costatum

A. modestum

This summer we planted 'Cecila' and 'Nicole' out. They are larger growing ones. Since we hit 31F last night I am curious how they fared.