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Cryptocorynes Cryptocoryne plant species consists of 50+ plant species, and make a unique addition to a planted tank.

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Old 05-05-2009, 04:20 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Simply amazing. I am jealous that you can cultivate these so readily from nature.
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Old 05-05-2009, 06:29 AM   #22 (permalink)
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fantastic! this is really great to have the biotope pictures.
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C. griffithii 'Thomson, Singapore' - I found this while trekking around in Singapore
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C. sp. 'Kota Tinggi' - a flower in its natural habitat
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C. sp. 'Kota Tinggi' - the colour of the cultivated flower is pale in comparison to those in the wild
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Old 05-07-2009, 06:49 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Can you tell us a little bit more about your setup / substrate etc ?

And yes ... your collection is insane ! Thank you for sharing.
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Hi Jay,

Glad you enjoyed the photographs. My set-up is relatively simple, individual species are frown in separate pots with the pots placed in fully covered glass tanks. No pumps, fans, misting system, etc are used. The tanks are filled with shallow layer of water up to 1/2 of the pot height (i.e. the pots are half submersed).



The main problem I am facing is the heat built-up in the tanks when my FL lights (15W to 18W per tank) are switched on (about 6hrs daily only due to minimise the heat built-up). There will be no way of resolving this problem unless I air-condition the room. Well, with this situation, the leaves may melt but new leaves grow too so in general, the plants are still surviving (although I believe they could do much better if the temperature was lower).

The substrate I use is mainly ADA Amazonia, mixed with some peat granule. I mix in some sand and leterite too for species found along the banks of rivers with sandy bed. Root tabs are used as fertiliser.

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C. cf. nurii 'Bintan' - collected spathes which bloomed in my tank, they are termed by some collectors as C. nurii due to the looks of the leaves (wavy edges with markings) but the flowers do not have the classical heart shape limb
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C. nurii 'West Pahang' - a blooming spathe in the wild, the spathe is relatively much smaller as compared to the rest of the C. nurii found in other locations
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fantastic! keep 'em coming. can i come visit?
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