A large growing beauty by Stephen Hoppin can grow to a 24 inch rosette. The color is black to dark chocolate brown, glossy with wavy, silvery cross bands. Some silver shading in the leaves. Leaf tips turn downward. 'Ebony Beauty' x (x Roseus)

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Published as a new species in 2001, this Cryptanthus is native to the Atlantic rainforest in the State of Alagoas originally collected near the town of Paripueira, but its entire range occurs in the lowland forest along the Atlantic coast from the State of Espírito Santo to Pernambuco.  It is a terrestrial, shortly caulescent, about 4 inches tall, propagating on slender basal stolons 6 to 8-inches long.  About 12 bronze green leaves are sub-spreading at flowering forming an open, oval rosette to about 24-inches in diameter.  The leaf bases are a pale purple-red with some scurfing in the axils and glabrous the entire length of the leaf with just a hint of scurf at the tips.  While the underside is densely covered in white trichomes.

This species is very closely related to pseudopetiolatus and pickelii, and part of the maritimus complex.

A Cryptanthus species originally found from just south of Palmeiras, Bahia, Brazil.  Native to the central interior of Bahia, this Cryptanthus is found as a terrestrial under bushes in seasonally dry scrub.  The chestnut-brown succulent leaves are just slightly marked with very thin bars.  Maturing to a very open star-shape with few leaves it can attain sizes of up to 20-inches in diameter.  Offsets can appear anytime during the growing cycle.

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A rare species with very wide leaves having silver trichomes forming a solid coating over the entire leaf surface, hence giving its scientific specific name argyrophyllus meaning 'silver leaf.'  There are a couple of ridges apparent running the length of the leaves, but they are the same base color as the rest of the leaf.

***This species is prone to fungus spotting due to culture in a typical potting mix.  So for best results, we recommend growing this particular species in a dirty Turface® mix, equal parts peat based potting mix and Turface® All Sport, a calcined clay product.  Fill the bottom of your pot with a shallow layer of potting mix, this prevents the Turface® mix from running out the bottom of your pot, and the remainder with the dirty Turface® mix.

A beautiful form of carolinae with a symmetrical rosette of gently arching leaves. The color is unique, light to medium green with deep red striations (stripes) up the leaves. At anthesis the center blushes bright red out to about 1/3 the way to the leaf tips.

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