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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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.

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