A Jim Irvin hybrid introduced in 1991 is the prodigy of Cryptanthus ‘Cloudcover’ crossed with Cryptanthus ‘Ocean Mist.’  Owing to its ancestry, this plant has the crisped edges and long graceful leaves fixed in a symmetrical rosette as Cryptanthus zonatus.  The one-inch wide dark brown pink leaves are marked with a cross banding of an undulating flame-stitch pattern of snow-white trichomes.  As the plant matures, it loses its scurfing, darkening to a brown-red as its pink offsets emerge dusted with snow-white trichomes.  The beautiful hybrid matures out to a 6-inch height with a 14-inch diameter.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

An Arla Rutledge hybrid of unknown parentage, but most likely with Cryptanthus beuckeri in its lineage.  Very dark red and green mottling covered in fine scurf giving a dull matte finish over the entire leaf and denser near the base on very wide leaves.  Attaining 12″ in diameter with a very full round form.

*VIPP plants are Offsets