The melt proof ‘Cryptocoryne affinis’
April 21st, 2009
Late last year I received a plant from Ron Finlayson, a fellow Crypt enthusiast. This plant had been circulating amongst the hobbyist circle as the ‘melt proof Cryptocoryne affinis’. There are records of this plant handed down from one person to another from the early 1900’s! I was thrilled to receive this plant. However, one look at it, I was almost certain this was not Cryptocoryne affinis. I put it into my emersed setup and today it sent up a nice spathe. As I had suspected, it turned out to be Cryptocoryne wendtii. Nice specimen though – and there are 5-6 more spathes on the way – prolific!
Interesting. Are you telling me that no one flowered this plant and it took ~100 years to correctly ID this species ? Priceless.