Cryptanthus 'Alpine Frost' MADAGASCAR ' differing in growing larger

' differing in growing larger

both species highly fragrant but the hybrid of the two barely so

the leaves will hang in long curls

We had been traveling the rugged canyons that lay between ridge after ridge of the Cordillera de los Andes on Bolivia’s rugged and desolate eastern frontier

Cryptanthus 'Alpine Frost' MADAGASCAR ' differing in growing largerA Jim Irvin hybrid introduced in 1991 is the prodigy of Cryptanthus Cloudcover crossed with Cryptanthus Ocean Mist. Owing to its ancestry, this plant has the crisped edges and long graceful leaves fixed in a symmetrical rosette as Cryptanthus zonatus. The one inch wide dark brown pink leaves are marked with a cross banding of an undulating flame stitch pattern of snow white trichomes eventually blending into each other as the plant matures. As the