Cryptanthus alagoanus ANT PLANT tightly-branched spike of red and

tightly-branched spike of red and yellow bracts and purple flowers

Large plants always on hand for pick up

A unnamed hybrid from Sharon Petersen

Makes an interesting hanging pot

Cryptanthus alagoanus ANT PLANT tightly-branched spike of red andPublished as a new species in 2001, this Cryptanthus is native to the Atlantic rainforest in the State of Alagoas originally collected near the town of Paripueira, but its entire range occurs in the lowland forest along the Atlantic coast from the State of Esprito Santo to Pernambuco. It is a terrestrial, shortly caulescent, about 4 inches tall, propagating on slender basal stolons 6 to 8 inches long. About 12 bronze green leaves are sub spreading at