One of the most exciting species to come into cultivation in a long time.  A beautiful compact growing Cryptanthus with broadly triangular leaves, banded lengthwise with three rows of silvery trichomes over a base color of reddish chestnut-brown, in a full, leafy rosette.  Grows 4 to 8 inches across and produces a profusion of offsets on long stolons.  This stunning decorative species was extremely rare and fairly expensive when first introduced.