Cryptocorynes

[mrs budak]

My sink looks like a disaster area with all those pots and plants and soil water flowing all over the place!!

[Slaigar]

I can't say that I enjoy placing my Cryptocorynes in pots. I take my chances and try their suitability for the aquarium. My success so far with medium difficulty species is not so bad(just got deal with a lot of melting!). Most of my Cryptocorynes are in my nano tank. Later when the plants develop more, I plan on lowering the water level to see if any will flower.

One my LFS' had C. parva in stock so I bought two more bunches of the plant. I was looking for this plant for awhile so I could I finish foreground on my nano. Now I just got to wait a few years

Budak, would you be able to show any pictures of your Cryptocorynes? You mentioning Sarawak species has already started to make me drool!

[stormhawk]

I got this somewhat new (to me at least) Cryptocoryne plant from a fellow forumer here. The thing is, I've not taken a picture yet so here's some identifying features.

1) Leaves elongated with a not-so-narrow profile (spearhead).
2) Leaves with a slight undulating pattern on the leaf margin.
3) Leaves are reddish-green in colour with a marmorated pattern.
4) Patterning in a dark colour akin to very dark blue.
5) Leaf stems are purplish-red in colour.

This crypt was grown submersed and was given to me with a plantlet attached. I have no idea what species this is and would appreciate any positive ID regarding this plant. :wink:

Was showing it to a friend of mine and he said it was most probably either C. nurii or C. griffithii. The plant is adapting well to my tank conditions and the young plantlet is growing slowly. The mother plant is starting to produce new leaves. I have never seen the spathe of this species and is therefore unable to tell what colour or characteristics it had.

[Slaigar]

Some forms of C. nurii and C. griffithi look similar to each other. A dead giveaway for C. nurii is red spots on the leaves along with the marmorate pattern.
RVA has the best picture of this:
http://www.rva.jp/gallary2/cryptocor...g_pinang2.html

Postive ID's don't exist in this part of the hobby! But we can give you a bunch of "maybes" .

Would you be able to get a picture of it, Jianyang?

[Piscesgirl]

Slaigar -- the crypt in that link is very pretty with all the different colors. Is that one of the rare ones?

[BeyondGomer]

That is C. nurii

[Slaigar]

Yup, Tony has it right. C. nurii is not too rare. There are a few places within the US that probably carry it right now. Because of it's long term difficulty, I do not know if it will be mainstream anytime soon.

[stormhawk]

Okay here's a picture of the plant. Doesn't seem to have the spots on the leaves. I'm wondering whether its a hybrid or some oddball species. My friend forgot the ID of the plant from the source he bought it from.

[stormhawk]

Budak, anyone? Has anyone got any idea what species I have here?

[Slaigar]

Sorry, I was going to respond earlier, then I got caught up in work. I have to say C. nurii. This because of the dark marmorate pattern and what seems to be lanceolate leaves. It actually looks quite similar to mine.

If the leaves were more oval and the marmorate pattern less pronounced, I would have guessed C. griffithi.