ID: Cryptocoryne crispatula???

[ragn4rok]

Another crypt ID. Please help me to identify this plant.





Thanks

[primavera]

Hey, I have the same crypt. I bought mine from bangkok. It came with much wider and shorter leaves....but grew out just like yours. I'm guessing its a crispatula group too.

[ragn4rok]

updated :
after +-6 months, the plant looks like this.


underwater inflorescence






It's very different from my balansae which can grow more than 100cm long. This plant is only about 20 - 30 cm.

[medicineman]

Whoa... I'm quite envious of whatever supply you can get from Bandung... and most can survive inside your "magical pond and its waste ground"

[StanChung]

Lovely plant. Is it indigenious to Indonesia or Thailand?

[benny]

Interesting. This species seems to have a slighly broader leave structure than the usual Cryptocoryne crispatula.

Thanks for sharing the picture of the inflorescence. Not something we get to see all the time.

Cheers,

[ragn4rok]

Someone from APC told me that this plant is C. balanciaga, a hybrid form of balansae that might being cultivated at Oriental Aquarium.

It might be a horticultural variety of C. crispatula v. balansae called C. balanciaga which was produced, I think, by Oriental Aquarium. Nice flower!

it doesn't grow like original balansae, here's the pic of original balansae (120cm)


I bought one of this plant form LFS in Bandung (Laksana Aquarium Karapitan) Indonesia. They only had 2 of this plant at that time and sold out after I post the picture in local aquascape forum. Has anyone seen this plant in Singapore?

[StanChung]

Hmmm, a nice hybrid if that's the case. Especially if you like balansae but did not have tall tank.