Cryptocoryne "Purpurea"
Cryptocoryne "Purpurea"
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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 |
Customer reviews
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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)
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)
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)