Cryptanthus 'Yasira' Size:5-inch Pot This is certainly an exception

This is certainly an exception

The plant bears faint dark stripes on the leaves

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The inflorescence is a tulip-shaped head on a tall scape

The showy inflorescence is a yellow head with bright red bracts

Cryptanthus 'Yasira' Size:5-inch Pot This is certainly an exceptionA vegetative sport off Cryptanthus 'Nivea' which occurred at Bullis Nursery. Maturing to an open rosette to over 18 inches in diameter. The thick, broad, dark brown, undulating leaves are marked with silver scurf in a ripple like cross banding. The central leaf portions are striped striated bright pink. The bottom of the leaf is covered in a medium dense silver white scurf through which shows the pink variegation from above.