This is one of my very very few potted houseplant bromeliads. I used to keep this Crypt in a pot all by itself, but then the clump got so big I started experimenting with it. I planted some outside in a sheltered location and was gratified to learn its hardy to 20F. I planted some into a pot with a plumeria, and a small songbird built a nest under it and raised some baby birds under protection of the stiff leaves. Unfortunately when the birds were almost ready to fly the coop, something got them, we think a snake :-(

I have some in the greenhouse too, and some growing in a pot with a Kaffir Lime Tree. I had an Alocasia "Purple Prince" in this nice ceramic container that I took out and planted into the greenhouse, so I put some Crypt in there thinking "summer entryway, winter under the skylights" but as you can see I didn't get all the tubers for the Alocasia out and it started coming up all over again. But I thought the colors complimented each other so well, I decided to leave it!

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