Cryptanthus - Earth Star

[ameliepoulain]

~ Elaine ~





~ Ruby ~

[atmccmn]

Amelie....should I call you by that name?? What you are posting are called Cryptanthus or rather is called Earth Star by its' common name. It's part of the brom. family. Actually I'm going to post some pictures of them somewhere this week.
Well, then I'll join your thread with more picts soon.

Your first one is called 'Elaine'. An attractive plant with a sweet name. No idea for the second one and the third one is called Ruby. You can detach the pups and plant them individually soon. They doesn't look good in clumps.

[atmccmn]

Here are some of mine. Rather easy to take care and hardy too. Need shallow pot with exellent drainage.
That's all.

[funkychips]

seriously nice plants people. i'm a cryptanthus fanatic too but lacking in some species seen here tho....
cryps are prolific pup poppers...my bivitattus is throwing out a lot lately...

[atmccmn]

They sure do. Excellent plant material as ground cover.

[isaacgoh]

Andy,

I'm starting to like these crypts too. When they are doing well, they look very nice. I notice that we need to water the leaves from time to time to clean the dust on the leaves so that the leaves looks shiny.

next up, I might look for this after your poisoning.

[atmccmn]

Uh Oh..........I've poisoned somebody!!!

[funkychips]

Guys, do you know what type is this cryp?

I got it from my cousin who gave it away to me because it was a gift from one of her colleagues and she says it doesn't look too pretty