Encholirium irwinii Size:4-inch Pot Resembling a Cryptanthus in general

Resembling a Cryptanthus in general shape

bold central variegation that blushes lavender

Easy to grow potted or mounted

The color is very dark sort of purplish

sending up offsets a foot or more from the original

Encholirium irwinii Size:4-inch Pot Resembling a Cryptanthus in generalFrom the vicinity of Municipio de Grao Mogol, in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. A smallish species with secund leaves bearing very large marginal spines. The color silvery green to whitish with new growth being bright green. Sun exposure can cause the leaves to tint reddish or dark brownish red. The inflorescence reaches about three feet tall and is simple, brownish silver with flowers bearing green petals. The habit is clustering with short rhizomes.