Cryptanthus bivittatus 'Pink Star' is a cultivar of Cryptanthus bivittatus (Hook.) Regel. It is a spectacular, slow-growing, star-like-shaped bromeliad with striking streaks of suffused green and pink on its elliptic foliage that arch downward in a rosette shape and grows horizontally and low to the ground.
The genus epithet 'Cryptanthus' comes from the Latin word 'crypt', meaning 'hidden', and the Greek word 'anthos', meaning 'flowers', in reference to the small, inconspicuous flowers.
Cryptanthus bivittatus 'Pink Star'
Cryptanthus bivittatus 'Pink Star' comes in a 6 cm pot and is ca. 10 cm tall
