White water trumpet
Cryptocoryne albida ("costata")
White water trumpet
- Very narrow leaves
- Slow growth
- Undemanding
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Description
Cryptocoryne albida, also known as C. costata, is a narrow-leaved relatively small crypt from the south of Myanmar and Thailand. It is closely related to Cryptocoryne crispatula. C. albida has long been known in the hobby, it is a rather easy-to-care-for plant. There are several variants with more green or more brown in the submersed leaves.
Please be aware that the bunch/potted variation of this plant could contain snails and other invertebrates.
Cryptocoryne albida is distributed in southern Myanmar and Thailand. It is a highly variable species belonging to the group of Cryptocoryne crispatula. Different forms are known from aquarium culture, some of them green, some of them brownish in colour. In nature, these forms are known to occur in the same populations.
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| Common names | White water trumpet |
| Synonyms | Cryptocoryne costata Gagnep., Cryptocoryne retrospiralis subsp. albida (R. Parker) Rataj, Cryptocoryne retrospiralis var. costata (Gagnep.) De Wit |
| Complete botanical name | Cryptocóryne álbida R. Parker |
| Family | Araceae |
| Genus | Cryptocoryne |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Usage | Midground, Foreground, group |
| Growth | slow |
| pH value | 5 - 8 |
| Temperature tolerance | 6 - 30°C |
| Carbonate hardness | 2 - 12°dKH |
| General hardness | 0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation | Runners, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
| Can grow emersed? | yes |
| Source | Flowgrow |
| Common names |
| White water trumpet |
| Synonyms |
| Cryptocoryne costata Gagnep., Cryptocoryne retrospiralis subsp. albida (R. Parker) Rataj, Cryptocoryne retrospiralis var. costata (Gagnep.) De Wit |
| Complete botanical name |
| Cryptocóryne álbida R. Parker |
| Family |
| Araceae |
| Genus |
| Cryptocoryne |
| Difficulty |
| easy |
| Usage |
| Midground, Foreground, group |
| Growth |
| slow |
| pH value |
| 5 - 8 |
| Temperature tolerance |
| 6 - 30°C |
| Carbonate hardness |
| 2 - 12°dKH |
| General hardness |
| 0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation |
| Runners, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
| Can grow emersed? |
| yes |
| Source |
| Flowgrow |
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