Willis' water trumpet
Cryptocoryne x willisii "nevillii"
Willis' water trumpet
- Low-growing green Crypt
- Robust and undemanding
- Elongate ovate leaves
- Lawnlike growth habit
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Description
This crypt is a time-tested, undemanding medium-green aquarium plant that forms a relatively low medium-green lawn after some time by growing runners. Its leaves are wider, and it grows much faster than the tiny Cryptocoryne parva. For a long time it has been popular under the erroneous name of "Cryptocoryne nevillii", but today it is counted among Cryptocoryne x willisii, a very variable hybrid complex from Crypocoryne parva and other Sri Lankan species such as C. beckettii and C. walkeri. Its submerged leaves are mostly medium green, sometimes also with brownish tones. The plant is mostly delivered in its terrestrial form that can develop leaves on very long stalks, however its submerged foliage stays a lot shorter. Cryptocoryne x willisii "lucens" looks rather similar, but Cryptocoryne x willisii "nevillii" has shorter more ovate leaf blades.
This Cryptocoryne is a very popular, undemanding, low-growing aquarium plant that reproduces through runners, forming nice ground-covering carpets. It was long known under the name "Cryptocoryne nevillii", and sometimes still is. In 1976, Niels Jacobsen found out that it really belongs to the hybrid complex of Cryptocoryne x willisii, whereas Cryptocoryne nevillii is the name of an altogether different species that has nothing to do with C. x willisii.
Cryptocoryne parva was also (and sometimes still is) erroneously called "Cryptocoryne nevillii" in the aquarium hobby.
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| Misapplied names | Cryptocoryne nevillii |
| Complete botanical name | Cryptocóryne × willísii Reitz |
| Family | Araceae |
| Genus | Cryptocoryne |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Usage | Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover |
| Growth | slow |
| pH value | 4 - 8 |
| Temperature tolerance | 15 - 30°C |
| Carbonate hardness | 1 - 18°dKH |
| General hardness | 0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation | Runners, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
| Can grow emersed? | yes |
| Source | Flowgrow |
| Misapplied names |
| Cryptocoryne nevillii |
| Complete botanical name |
| Cryptocóryne × willísii Reitz |
| Family |
| Araceae |
| Genus |
| Cryptocoryne |
| Difficulty |
| easy |
| Usage |
| Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover |
| Growth |
| slow |
| pH value |
| 4 - 8 |
| Temperature tolerance |
| 15 - 30°C |
| Carbonate hardness |
| 1 - 18°dKH |
| General hardness |
| 0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation |
| Runners, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
| Can grow emersed? |
| yes |
| Source |
| Flowgrow |
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| Weight | 0,11 kg |
| Shipping weight | 0,20 kg |
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