Jim Irvin has a knack with Cryptanthus, (as well as other bromeliads!), and has produced numerous first-class hybrids.  This is one of which he can be proud.  This hybrid, a cultivar of ‘Sweet Tooth’ x ‘Ice Age,’ and a grex mate to ‘Very Cold Tooth,’ is a dark brown, almost black plant with closely spaced cross banding of silver trichomes with dense silver white scurf underneath.  The inch-wide leaves are long and graceful, undulating at the margins in a symmetrical rosette.

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This Carole Richtmyer hybrid, a cultivar of Cryptanthus ‘Rita Padden’ x argyrophyllus, has 10+ ovate leaves forming a medium plant to 12″ in diameter with a full round form.  The dull green copper brown leaves are full and very wide with fine lineated scurf on the undersides.

***For best results, we recommend growing this particular cultivar in a dirty Turface® mix, equal parts peat based potting mix and Turface® All Sport.  Fill the bottom of your pot with a shallow layer of potting mix, this prevents the Turface® mix from running out the bottom of your pot, and the remainder with the dirty Turface® mix.

A hybrid cultivar of Cryptanthus ‘Hapa Haole’ x ‘Elaine’ by Australian, David Cross.  A full rosette of leaves to about 18 inches across.  The leaves are banded with silver over a background color of dark brown to reddish-brown, with slightly wavy margins.

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This Dupuy hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Ruby’ x ‘Cascade’ having lanceolate leaves forming a small plant to 12″ in diameter with an open round shape.  The glossy ruby colored leaves have a darker midrib and are edged in dark red to black.  The leaves are crisply waved and are densely serrated.  The undersides of the leaves are lineated with fine scurf.

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This Carole Richtmyer hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Corinne’ x marginatus having 10+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to over 18″ in diameter with an open oval shape.  The lime green midrib of the leaves is covered in soft pink and edged with a lightly serrated darker green edge.  The leaves are covered with a fine layer of scurf giving them a matte finish.

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Stephen Hoppin has a way with hybrids and this is no exception.  A cultivar of ‘Dennis Cathcart’ x 'Elaine' having 10+ medium wide long lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 24″ in diameter with an open full round shape.  The brown-green leaves are heavily overlaid with silvery-grey, cascading rippling cross-banding.  The undersides of the leaves are covered in a medium dense silver white scurf.

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This Ed Edmiston hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Jet Age’ x lacerdae ‘Menescal’ having 10+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 12″ in diameter with a full round, open, flat rosette.  The plants are larger than Cryptanthus lacerdae ‘Menescal,’ but lacks the long stolons.  The light chocolate background leaf color is marked with silvery grey central and marginal longitudinal stripes.  The bottom of the leaf is covered in a medium dense lineated white scurf.

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This is a 2007 cultivar of ‘Durrell’ x ‘San Juan’ by Stephen Hoppin.  The shape is a loose rosette up to 10 inches tall and 24 inches across with shiny green leaves that are wavy with serrated edges.  The leaves have an olive green color that has a hint of bronze along the edge and slight scurfing on the underside of the leaves.

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A large growing beauty by Stephen Hoppin can grow to a 24 inch rosette. The color is black to dark chocolate brown, glossy with wavy, silvery cross bands. Some silver shading in the leaves. Leaf tips turn downward. 'Ebony Beauty' x (x Roseus)

An interesting species hailing from Bahia Brazil described in 1993.  The plant is very similar to Cryptanthus bahianus being stoloniferous, having stiff, narrow leaves with undulating margins, and colored a brownish-copper, but less succulent in nature.  A mature plant can attain a diameter of 10-inches.

This is the Type form ex Elton Leme.

*VIPP plants are Offsets