Anubias 'White'

Plant Name: Anubias ‘White’

Tankquility Catalogue #: TQ-00883

Synonyms/Trade Names:

Original Plant Sourced as: Anubias ‘White’

Plant Family: Araceae

Plant Native to¹: Cultivar. No substantiated information could be found on the plant’s creator.

Plant Type: Semiaquatic

Image Details²:

Image 1: Mature emerse grown plants of Anubias ‘White’.

Image 2: Characteristic leaf variegation unique to Anubias ‘White’; this pattern of variegation has not been observed in other variegated Anubias.  The leaf belongs to an emerse grown plant.

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. It is more difficult to obtain pure white leaves in this cultivar, than it is for Anubias ‘Pinto’. 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 38mm×19mm. Submerse plants produce leaves that are smaller. Leaf size is not a reliable characteristic to distinguish plants of Anubias ‘White’ and Anubias ‘Pinto’.

Ease of Care: Medium

Plant Size/Portion Size:

Emerse grown plant: 4 to 5-leaf tip cutting (with minimum 3 leaves ultra-white, or leaves with interesting variegation) 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.