Bromeliad Cultivar Register (1467) --

*CRYPTANTHUS ‘DeCoster’*	(DeCoster), Whitman*	<1987
cv. of unknown parentage - (Other cv. = 'Italy') - Small and similar to 'Italy' in conformation but with greenish-brown to dark chocolate leaves very succulent, stiff and hard and tend to curl downward - both sides of the leaves are densely scurfed in silver white.

CSJ 2:3, 4:3-p22ill; 10:2-p18ill