Cryptanthus lyman-smithii Size:6-Pot Multiple with a bulbous base that

with a bulbous base that can reach three inches in diameter and strictly upright

A John Arden hybrid of (jalisco-monticola x capitata)

A Bullis hybrid of (chantinii 'Black' x tessmannii (dark form)) A wide spreading

This plant came to us from the collection of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens with an accession number of SEL1996-0245 under the name of Orthophytum burle-marxii v

bulbous based with wide

Cryptanthus lyman-smithii Size:6-Pot Multiple with a bulbous base thatA species first described in 1999 by Elton M. C. Leme to honor Lyman B. Smith who had described at least 50% of the species of Cryptanthus prior to 1979. The species was discovered in July 1998 near Jaguaripe, Bahia, Brazil, a somewhat coastal town in the Atlantic Forest. It is closely related to Cryptanthus beuckeri in which it differs from by the narrowly, sublinear lanceolate leaf blades with its entire or nearly so petiole, and from the simple