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.
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae spathe
This is an emersed pot of a generic Crypt . crispatula that came to me unlabelled so at some point I called it 'balanasae' on the basis of the submersed leaves. Emersed the leaves looks a bit like flaccifolia - due the uncertain ID its not a plant I care about so much - but I like to celebrate a spathe and one day I might be more confident with the ID of this one.
Cryptocoryne undulata 'green' (Aquafleur)
Crypt. undulata 'green' distributed in europe by Aquafleur. The spathe looks a little C. wendtii to me but it may not be fully open yet. Its not in the greatest of condition (the pot is infested with blue-green algae) but the leaves are certainly bottle green and appear to stay green under high light. The "regular" C. undulata we have in Australia has a bit more olive green/muddy brown colour.
Cryptocoryne albida 'costata' (Dennerle Cryptocoryne costata)
This variety of Crypt. albida is distributed in europe by Dennerle under the synonym Cryptocoryne costata. It has a very narrow tall "trumpet" with a twist at the top. I have a second plant of this variety that has two older spathes on at the moment that looks the same and didn't unroll further. It seems quite different to another Crypt. albida 'costata' that I obtained from an Australian grower that has much fatter and more open spathes.
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