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Cryptocoryne "Purpurea"

Cryptocoryne "Purpurea"

  • Leaves with interesting dark pattern
  • Remains low
  • Slow growth rate
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Description

This attractive water trumpet is delivered with the label Cryptocoryne x purpurea, however there are indications that it actually belongs to the variable Cryptocoryne cordata var. siamensis. Nevertheless this Cryptocoryne is remarkable by its special marbled pattern. The stronger nerves are darker than the intermediate leaf tissue.

Previous experience shows that this plant gets only about 10 cm high in aquariums and grows slower than many other Cryptocorynes in aquaristics. The leaves grow spreading. Therefore "Purpurea" is also suited as group in the foreground. It does not have special demands, but a nutrient-rich bottom is recommended.

This water trumpet was first found in Kota Tingii in western Malaysia, and in 1902 the director of the Botanical Garden Singapore, H.N. Ridley, described it as Cryptocoryne purpurea. In the 1960s, de Wit named it as most common aquarium plant in Europe and America. Today it has probably disappeared from aquarium cultivation, and it is only still cultivated by a few specialised hobbyists, mostly in the emersed form.

Typical C. x purpurea from the Malayan peninsula was identified in 1982 by Niels Jacobsen as a natural hybrid of C. cordata var. cordata and C. griffithii. The most well-known population of this crypt is the vast marshland of Tasek Bera in Pahang.

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Misapplied names Cryptocoryne griffithii
Complete botanical name Cryptocóryne × purpúrea Ridl.
Family Araceae
Genus Cryptocoryne
Difficulty medium
Usage Background, Midground, Specimen plant
Growth slow
pH value 5 - 6
Temperature tolerance 17 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness 2 - 16°dKH
General hardness 0 - 30°dGH
Propagation Runners, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed? yes
Source Flowgrow
Misapplied names
Cryptocoryne griffithii
Complete botanical name
Cryptocóryne × purpúrea Ridl.
Family
Araceae
Genus
Cryptocoryne
Difficulty
medium
Usage
Background, Midground, Specimen plant
Growth
slow
pH value
5 - 6
Temperature tolerance
17 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness
2 - 16°dKH
General hardness
0 - 30°dGH
Propagation
Runners, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed?
yes
Source
Flowgrow

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Item no.
135.0322.00
EAN
Weight 0,10 kg
Shipping weight 0,10 kg

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Jan P.
Nice plants
7th January 2021
Cryptocoryne "Purpurea" - in Vitro XL
Cryptocoryne "Purpurea" - in Vitro XL

Good quality. It grows fine in middle hard water. Lots of new leavs in just 3 weeks. I have planted it in 4 different aquariums, and it grovs in all of them, even in hard... (read more)

Matthijs S.
Beautiful
2nd November 2017

These are beautiful little crypts and I think this is good value for money from Aquasabi. If you want to get some unusual crypts I would go for these, the marble patterns on the... (read more)

Gunnar H.
sehr gut 👍
11th July 2017

Habe mir gleich mehrere Dosen bestellt. Sie ist eine seltene kaum erhältliche Cryptocoryne. Die Blätter der zahlreichen in-vitro Pflanzen werden bald von schön braun gestreiften... (read more)

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