Crypts hate me. I must be the one person that can't grow them! I've had a stand of wendtii (I think that's what it is, it's brown with wrinkly edges) for about a year. Melted as soon as I dropped it in, then took off for about 2 months. Since then, none of the plantlets have any more than 3 or 4 small leaves at once, and they're always in the middle of a meltdown. Literally. It drives me nuts! I have some C. balansae as well, and it never has more than 5 or 6 leaves at a time. Quite sad.