No, I don't think anyone will get worked up about it, John. It's a drought tolerant plant...so somewhat fits. I was going to ask you what the 'O' stood for, but then figured the gurkenii name was odd enough to get me some hits on Google. It DID! =) Orthophytum gurkenii it is!

Now that I've seen pix of that lovely striped thing...I think I MUST HAVE one! Hee hee! The inflorescence (if that's what I saw) was quite unique. right up my alley!

I think we've had posts about Cryptanthus & other broms before. No prob!

I'm sorry to say I don't have one & don't know anything about their care. Perhaps someone else will come along that can help you. :)

I've had my share of Broms over the years, but not that one.

This post was edited by rosemariero on Sun, Apr 21, 13 at 16:18

Its pretty funny how I got it. I bought it on Ebay. Literally thought I was bidding something completely different. Then I thought that I totally over paid for it. I gave like 12 bucks shipped for it. Then when I went looking all that I could find was a seed or too. Anyhow its now my favorite but has been indoors all year and it turning green. Hoping that warmer weather, a re pot and a little sunshine with do it some good and bring back those awesome colors. Maybe even get it to flower so that I can trade away some babies for my next big find.