Re: Flowers of my Cryptocoryne collection / field trip
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
Re: Flowers of my Cryptocoryne collection / field trip
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
Re: Flowers of my Cryptocoryne collection / field trip
Nice work. Thanks again for these fascinating photos. Please keep them coming.
I really have to work on this idea that I have for a biotope with emersed crypts in a shallow tank in very shallow water, to emulate so many of these biotope shots that you have of the plants growing in just a few cm of water in shallow streams or forest pools. It would look so cool to have the plants with their leaves just below the surface, but the spathe emerging up into the air.
Re: Flowers of my Cryptocoryne collection / field trip
C. cordata var. cordata 'Rompin, Pahang' - spathe of C. cordata (should be var.cordata since it was found in Peninsula Malaysia?) in its natural habitat