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

Zimbabwe and Mozambique

Known with certainty only from the type collection

An oddity for sure

A beautiful wide leaved hybrid with a base coloration of coppery-green and a veneer of deep purple-chestnut concentric banding becoming almost solid towards the blackish tips

bartramii and fasciculata

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.