Billbergia 'Original Sin' OOS These ants have a symbiotic

These ants have a symbiotic relationship with the plant and in exchange for housing

or used in landscape

A cultivar of the species

One of the nicest and most unusual looking hybrids from Chester Skotak

Cryptanthus coriaceus whose epithet means 'leather' refers to its leathery and very succulent leaves

Billbergia 'Original Sin' OOS These ants have a symbioticThis beauty is Ray Colemans cultivar of (Cold Fusion x kautskyana). A compact grower to about 16 inches tall and 6 inches across in an upright, tubular rosette of 3 inch wide leaves. The leaves have have a thick substance and quarter inch long, black spines on the margins. The leaves are green but blush a dull copper tone with white spots and blotches when grown hard in strong light. Does best in high light. The inflorescence has bright red bracts