Cryptanthus 'Avalanche' X NEOPHYTUM This Jim Irvin hybrid is

This Jim Irvin hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Riptide’ x ‘Angel Dust’ having 10+ wide lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant to 12″ in diameter with an open slightly oval form

recurving downward to form a graceful ball-like shape

originally from Panama

The color of the leaves is pink to rosy pink changing to old gold or olive green with age and stronger light with dark grey edges and light scurf covering the entire leaf

with abundant silver banding

Cryptanthus 'Avalanche' X NEOPHYTUM This Jim Irvin hybrid isThis Carole Richtmyer hybrid, one of two cultivars of Wild Cherry x argyrophyllus, the other being Kaleidoscope, has a foliage base color that is mottled red and green, but almost indistinguishable due to the dense white scurf covering the leaf surfaces, being heaviest in the axils. The wide leaves form an open round rosette to 14 in diameter with upturned pointed leaves and large black spines. The undersides of the leaves have a medium dense scurf of