Crypts are interesting and beautiful aquatic plants, but with fewer growers and tight import restrictions we're now losing varieties from cultivation in Australia. I'm propagating crypts to pass on to other growers to keep them in the aquarium hobby and building a resource to help with identification. I'm always looking to buy or swap for new varieties to grow.
Friday, 16 September 2016
Cryptocoryne beckettii
A pretty rough 'n ready Crypt. beckettii spathe. Plenty of new growth so clearly the plant is happy enough.
Friday, 2 September 2016
Cryptocoryne crispatula var. kubotae
This is a young plant coming back from near death after a brief stint submerged. The variety that is in Australia is proving very hard to grow immersed but is quite robust emersed. It was thought to be lost for many years...but miraculously was found in a collection or re-imported.
The variety we knew as Crypt tonkinensis was recently named Cryptocoryne crispatula var. kubotae
The "real" tonkinensis from the former Tonkin province in northern Vietnam is a more robust plant : see: Willdenowia August 2015,- "The identity of Cryptocoryne crispatula var. tonkinensis (Araceae)"
Every day... something new :D
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