Anubias 'Pinto'

Plant Name: Anubias ‘Pinto’

Tankquility Catalogue #: TQ-00857

Synonyms/Trade Names:

Original Plant Sourced as: Anubias ‘Pinto’

Plant Family: Araceae

Plant Native to¹: Cultivar. Information on the origin of this plant is unclear, though Moscow Aquarium Plants (website http://staraqua.ru/) suggests Dennerle Plants nursery.

Plant Type: Semiaquatic

Image Details²:

Image 1: Multiple plants of emerse grown Anubias ‘Pinto’.

Image 2: Typical leaf variegation seen in Anubias ‘Pinto’. The leaf belongs to an emerse grown plant.

Image 3: Head of emerse grown Anubias ‘Pinto’ with inflorescence, showing ultra-white colouration of leaves when cultured under optimal conditions.

General Information and Cultivation³: A slow growing plant in both emerse and submerse conditions, requiring greater care than most Anubias to look its best. Spectacular white leaves reward the grower who maintains optimum conditions. Provide submerse plants with good lighting and CO2 injection. Culturing fully white leaves in emerse plants requires reasonable light levels (not too high to burn variegated leaf tissue) and high humidity with daily misting. Attach to wood and rocks, or plant directly into the substrate. Do not bury the rhizome or it may rot. In emerse culture, leaf blades grow to about 45mm×20mm. Submerse plants produce leaves that are smaller. It is likely that many plants of Anubias ‘Pinto’ are sold incorrectly as Anubias ‘White’.

Ease of Care: Medium

Plant Size/Portion Size:

Emerse grown plant: 4 to 5 leaf tip cutting (with minimum 3 leaves ultra-white) with root development.

Further Reading:

¹ Distribution is taken from Plants of the World Online (https://powo.science.kew.org/) unless stated otherwise.

² All images used on the Tankquility website have been taken of plants growing in our nursery.

³ The general and cultural information provided is based on our own experience and observation. If we supply information from others, we have acknowledged the source.