Gibberellin an extremely active naturally occuring plant growth regulator. Gibberellins are involved in numerous plant development processes. Horticulturally, Gibberellin is used to increases flower size, flower numbers, uniform flowering, increased stem elongation, and a decrease in time to flower.
At the AGA Cryptocoryne
I’ve been growing C. bangkaensis for about 18 months. I find it to be a fairly easy plant to grow under standard blackwater conditions. A few months ago, one of my plants started to send up a spathe – but unfortunately, while the spathe was still only a few millimeters long, it melted. The plant tried again two additional times, with similar results. I couldn’t figure out why the spathe was not maturing. Guessing it was some kind of nutrient deficiency, I added a fertilizer tab to the pot, hoping that would do the trick. The next spathe developed normally, and it finally opened up yesterday. Here are a few pictures, maybe excessive pictures, but its a beautiful spathe and I couldn’t help myself. Pictures don’t do this spathe justice – the patterns, colors and textures are to be seen in person to be truly appreciated.
Code for this specific plant is:
Cryptocoryne bangkaensis Bangka ‘Dwarf’ Waser 01-1
