Cryptanthus 'Cauldron' FLOWERING heavily covered in silvery trichomes

heavily covered in silvery trichomes and slightly curling at their tips

Native to seasonally wet central and eastern Africa including the Congo Basin

A very fine form

and black leaf tips

surprisingly

Cryptanthus 'Cauldron' FLOWERING heavily covered in silvery trichomesThis Jim Irvin hybrid is a cultivar of Stone Grey x Diverse Pink having 10+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 17 in diameter with an open round shape. Dark red in color with dark green mottling and a band of silver covering the midrib radiating out from the center of the plant. The undersides of the leaves have a medium dense covering of white scurf.