Cryptanthus 'Arlety' blue flower colors a bright peach color

colors a bright peach color which lasts for a considerable period

then growing fatter and compact with maturity

Grows well in an epiphytic or well drained mix

A handsome form of this variable species from Mexico has grayish-green leaves in a 12 to 18 inch upright rosette

unlike the one or two offsets of most clones of the species

Cryptanthus 'Arlety' blue flower colors a bright peach colorCorrectly Cryptanthus marginatus Arlety is a medium large, to 17inches in diameter with a full rosette form. In good light, it is margined with cream and pink with olive green central striping and a light coating of scurf making the leaves dull in appearance. The undersides of the leaves are lineated with light white scurf.