This cultivar of Cryptanthus acaulis var. ruber is a small full round plant with 30+ leaves that attains a size of 8-inches in diameter.  The creamy coffee colored leaves, in the proper light blushes pink in the center, have a faint center ridge visible and are sparsely scaled near the leaf base.  The underside is fused in fine lineated stripes of scurf.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

This is a small growing form with brownish-silver leaves. The foliage is very narrow, less than 1/8 inch, and has fairly soft spines. Grows well in 4in pot, this is a nice species for a windowsill or other small space. Will form nice clumps that produce short scapes with yellow flowers. A small form, JN0900.