Cryptanthus 'Carnival de Rio' Size:5-inch Pot Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Reaching twenty inches tall and over thirty two across

An oddity for sure

Known with certainty only from the type collection

We obtained our first specimen in the mid 1980’s from Prof

Cryptanthus 'Carnival de Rio' Size:5-inch Pot Zimbabwe and MozambiqueAn old European hybrid of unknown parentage, possibly a cultivar of Mirabilis or a cross with Osyanus or beuckeri in its background, having 10+ lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 14 in diameter with an open round shape. The leaves are marbled in pink red and green being darker along the edges with silver frosting to the center. The undersides have light white scurf.