A smaller form of the species first collected in Brazil by Mulford Foster near Sta. Theresa, Espirito Santo in 1940. He noted its attractive look and hardiness to low temperatures experienced at his Orlando, Florida home. An attractive plant that tolerates full sun, but also serves well in a terrarium. Small, to only 8 to 12 inches or so, it colors an overall pinkish in strong light with silvery banding on the leaf both upper and undersides. The inflorescence is an exerted scape with reddish-orange bracts and a cone-like head with yellow flowers that turn black the following day. The leaf margins have prominent dark spines.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A real Southern species, found in Argentina and Paraguay. A larger form of this handsome species, still stays only about 8 to 10 inches tall in a bulbous, upright rosette. The leaves are stiff, fairly spiny, and recurve sharply at the tips, forming a tubular throat. The inflorescence is on a short scape, and the top of the plant blushes reddish when in bloom. Fairly cold hard, at least down to freezing for short periods.,

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A cultivar of ('Domingos Martins' x 'Hellfire') by Don Beadle, named by Michael Kiehl.   It is a very upright grower to about 12 to 14 inches tall with deep burgundy leaves bearing a bright red veneer and suffused all over with cream colored spots.  A handsome plant.

*VIPP plants are Offsets - NOT the mature plant in the photo

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 have some spots

A Harvey Kendall hybrid of unknown parentage, but most likely with Cryptanthus lacerdae 'Menescal' in its background.  This plant has 12+ lanceolate leaves forming a small plant 8 to 10-inches in diameter with a full round form.  Red-brown with typical Cryptanthus lacerdae scurf pattern on the leaves, the offsets are presented on stolons anywhere from 4 to 24-inches long .  The underside of the leaves is lineated with light scurf.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

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.

*VIPP plants are Offsets

A species with lanceolate leaves forming a small plant 4″ to 6" in diameter with a full round rosette shape.  The spiny, wavy margined brown-green leaves are striped with shades of brown and cream.  The undersides of the leaves have light dusting of white scurf.

A variegated sport of Dyckia encholirioides. Large green rosette of narrow leaves. The center leaves have yellow variegation. Grows best in bright light. Needs to be fertilized on a regular schedule to keep the variegation bright. 

NO HOLDING - MUST SHIP IMMEDIATELY