A large growing Cryptanthus hybrid by Carole Richtmyer is a cultivar of (‘Nancy’ x ‘Peaches’) x argyrophyllus.  This Cryptanthus has 10+ very thick succulent lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 18″ in diameter with an open, rounded rosette shape.   This plant can attain larger sizes, over 24", in more shade.

The color of the leaves is pink to rosy pink changing to old gold or olive green with age and stronger light with dark grey edges and light scurf covering the entire leaf, both the face and back.  A exceptionally nice plant!

A cultivar of [‘Trailblazer’ x (‘Orange ‘n Rose’ x ‘Deep Purple’)] by Carole Richtmeyer. A very broad leaved plant in an arching, rosette shape that flattens when blooming.

The leaves are brownish-green with green splashes, lightly dusted with trichomes on the leaf bases. Produces offsets on short stolons.

A really spectacular Jim Irvin hybrid, any time we offer this Cryptanthus, we sell out immediately.  This cultivar of ‘Pink Brocade’ x ‘Kit Hilbers,’ and grex mate to ‘Rapunzel,’ ‘Rumpelstiltskin,’ and ‘Rusty Rose,’ has 12+ lanceolate, densely serrated leaves with a center ridge in cross-section.  It is medium-large to 22″ in an open oval shape with shades of mahogany, purple, and red overlaid with an edge to edge banding in white, becoming gold with age, and broader to the center.  The underneath is covered with dense white scurf.

This Carole Richtmyer hybrid, a cross of sinuosus ‘High ‘N Mighty’ x ‘Hawaiian Beauty‘ introduced in 1991, is still a real beauty to add to your Cryptanthus collection.  This large growing plant, to 18″ in diameter, has a round open rosette form.  The many leaves, 18+, are oblanceolate, 1.75″ wide, and are remarkable for their clear red color, green under mottling, silver bands in good light, and light scurfing underneath.

A Jim Irvin hybrid named for a longtime active bromeliad enthusiast of the Caloosahatchee Bromeliad Society of Fort Myers, Florida, a cultivar of ‘Icecile’ x ‘Black Mystic,’ has 14+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium-large plant 20″ in diameter with a strong oval form, deep forest green in color with banding the entire length and edge to edge with narrow silver bands set widely apart.  The undersides have heavy silver scurf.

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.

A species formerly in the genus Cryptanthus that could easily be taken as an Orthophytum or perhaps even a Dyckia in its foliar aspect.  Native to Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil where it grows an arid existence.  The leaves are stiff, succulent, and straight, about a half inch wide at the base and tapering to a point, bearing small, but stiff marginal spines. The color is silvery due to a heavy coat of trichomes.  Flowers are white.  Our clone of this plant originated with Prof. Dr. Werner Rauh and also carries the Selby accession number of SEL 1992-0080.

This Jim Irvin hybrid is a cultivar of Cryptanthus zonatus ‘Silver’ x ‘Peaches’ with 12+ broadly elliptical leaves with dense serration, wavy undulation, and channeled cross sections.  A medium-large plant, to a 17″ diameter with a base color of rose on new foliage and lavender green on older leaves, is heavily scurfed with dark banding lightly distributed over the leaves and has an overall oval shape.