Spathes Archive

  • I’ve been growing Cryptocoryne cordata var. diderici for almost two years now. It differs from the other cordata variants in several ways. The leaves have a reddish tone to them...

    Cryptocoryne cordata var. diderici

    I’ve been growing Cryptocoryne cordata var. diderici for almost two years now. It differs from the other cordata variants in several ways. The leaves have a reddish tone to them...

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  • One of the plants from ECS was labeled Lagenandra dewitii. Although still a small plant, it flowered yesterday. Comparing this to pictures of Lagenandra spathes on Jan’s website, I think...

    Lagenandra lancifolia?

    One of the plants from ECS was labeled Lagenandra dewitii. Although still a small plant, it flowered yesterday. Comparing this to pictures of Lagenandra spathes on Jan’s website, I think...

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  • Every so often, I see excited posts online from a newish Cryptocoryne collector showing pictures of an immature spathe – which sometimes turns out to be just a new leaf...

    Cryptocoryne mutation

    Every so often, I see excited posts online from a newish Cryptocoryne collector showing pictures of an immature spathe – which sometimes turns out to be just a new leaf...

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  • About three months ago, I received a broad, easier to grow variety of Cryptocoryne nurii. The plants adapted quickly to cultivation and started robust growth. Last week, I was checking...

    Cryptocoryne nurii spathe

    About three months ago, I received a broad, easier to grow variety of Cryptocoryne nurii. The plants adapted quickly to cultivation and started robust growth. Last week, I was checking...

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  • 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...

    The melt proof ‘Cryptocoryne affinis’

    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...

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  • I’d been growing Lagenandra thwaitesii for a couple of years now, and it had finally decided to start flowering. Unfortunately, we had a cold spell and the plant wilted before...

    Lagenandra thwaitesii spathe

    I’d been growing Lagenandra thwaitesii for a couple of years now, and it had finally decided to start flowering. Unfortunately, we had a cold spell and the plant wilted before...

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  • Look back to the Oct 08 / Nov 08 timeframe to the posts I did about trying to grow Cryptocoryne elliptica from leaf pullings. Well, this week, one of the...

    Cryptocoryne elliptica spathe

    Look back to the Oct 08 / Nov 08 timeframe to the posts I did about trying to grow Cryptocoryne elliptica from leaf pullings. Well, this week, one of the...

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  • I finally managed to get some pictures of the Cryptocoryne longicauda ‘brown’ spathe. It’s bloomed for me a few times before, but for one reason or another, I never got...

    Cryptocoryne longicauda ‘brown’ spathe

    I finally managed to get some pictures of the Cryptocoryne longicauda ‘brown’ spathe. It’s bloomed for me a few times before, but for one reason or another, I never got...

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