Cryptocoryne albida Brown
Cryptocoryne albida is distributed in southern Myanmar and Thailand. It is a highly variable species belonging to the group of Cryptocoryne crispatula. Different forms are known from aquarium culture, some of them green, some of them brownish in colour. In nature, these forms are known to occur in the same populations.
Plant Info
| Common names | White water trumpet |
| Synonyms | Cryptocoryne costata Gagnep., Cryptocoryne retrospiralis subsp. albida (R. Parker) Rataj, Cryptocoryne retrospiralis var. costata (Gagnep.) De Wit |
| Complete botanical name | Cryptocóryne álbida R. Parker |
| Family | Araceae |
| Genus | Cryptocoryne |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Usage | Midground, Foreground, group |
| Growth | slow |
| pH value | 5 – 8 |
| Temperature tolerance | 6 – 30°C |
| Carbonate hardness | 2 – 12°dKH |
| General hardness | 0 – 30°dGH |
| Propagation | Runners, Rhizomteilung, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
| Can grow emersed? | yes |
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