Cryptanthus 'Love Potion Number 9' Size:6-inch Pot but mainly lanceolate in shape

but mainly lanceolate in shape and marbled or variegated with green

*Please note- VIPP plants are OFFSETS - not the mature size in the photos

In this moist and shaded environment

Bradea 4 (32) but later reassigned to Aechmea in the publication Canistrum: Bromeliads of the Atlantic Forest in 1997

at least in some selections

Cryptanthus 'Love Potion Number 9' Size:6-inch Pot but mainly lanceolate in shapeThis Stephen Hoppin hybrid, a cultivar of ubairensis (MSBG 0532) x 'Chill Factor,' medium sized, star like rosette to 14 inches in diameter. Broad leaves in young offsets are lime green with light brown edging. As growth matures, foliage becomes darker brown with central white scurfed stripes lightly crossbanded with some green in the center.