Flowers of my Cryptocoryne collection / field trip - Page 3 - Cryptocorynes

illumbomb · 05-08-2009, 04:07 AM

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

illumbomb · 05-08-2009, 04:13 AM

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

hydrophyte · 05-08-2009, 09:30 AM

fantastic! keep 'em coming. can i come visit?

illumbomb · 05-11-2009, 07:50 AM

Visit my collection? I live in Singapore!

C. ferruginea 'Sungai Kerait' - a newly flowered spathe, finally after more than 1 year of cultivatation

illumbomb · 05-14-2009, 08:13 PM

C. cf. nurii 'Bintan' - again, the cultivated spathe lacklustre and the limb rots easily, just 1 day after blooming

illumbomb · 06-05-2009, 11:23 AM

C. keei 'West Kalimantan' - the spathe in its natural habitat

illumbomb · 06-06-2009, 10:00 AM

C. cordata 'West Kalimantan' - in its natural habitat, but I am not able to identify which C. cordata variety this specimen belongs to

hydrophyte · 06-25-2009, 11:03 AM

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.

illumbomb · 07-05-2009, 05:00 PM

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

illumbomb · 07-05-2009, 05:24 PM

C. sp. 'Lingga Island (location 14)' - a collected spathe