Crypt sp. - place your bets - Page 3 - Cryptocorynes

Ghazanfar Ghori · 11-20-2008, 07:04 AM

I think its a variety of C. purpurea nothovar. purpurea

Look at the 3rd last row of pictures...
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Cry...y/pur/pur.html

Note the texture of the limb in my pictures.

Ghazanfar Ghori · 11-20-2008, 07:15 AM

Well - I've just heard back from Jan.

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To your plant. Is is close or perhaps better to say it is C. x purpurea. It is a bit different from the well known ones but there are even plants with a full yellow limb of the spathe. The 'wild' leaves are also a bit confusing but you have to live with that feature in Cryptocoryne.

In the meantime you have become an excellent grower! Congratulations!

Jan

So it seems that this plant is C. x purpurea. Funny huh? Just like Xema, I'd been hunting around for C. x purpurea and it turns out I already have it - atleast a color variety of it. I like the color on Yoong's spathe better

Xema · 11-27-2008, 03:09 PM

Hehehehe all of us have a hidden purpurea in our set up... be carefull guys, the most of your plants would be being a strain of purpurea,... hehehehe.

By the way, really an uncommon colour spathe for a swamp plant.