Bromeliad Cultivar Register (15252) 2019-01-30

*CRYPTANTHUS ‘Maleficent’*	Edmiston, Ed	2014
Mature,open, extra large, round rosette to 60cm. diameter. About 16, black-margined, semi-glossy, undulating, relatively narrow, trichome-sprinkled deep cherry red leaves with black mottled cross-banding. Rosette flattens at flowering with a central, semi-recessed cluster of white blooms. See reverse cross C. 'Creole Queen'. Reg. Doc. 12/2018. Country of origin: Louisiana USA
Seed Parent: Diverse Pink	Pollen Parent: argyrophyllus
Cryptanthus Society Journal,vol. 33:4: p.125. (Oct.-Dec. 2018).