Cryptocoryne retrospiralis

Plant Name: Cryptocoryne retrospiralis

Tankquility Catalogue #: TQ-01343

Synonyms/Trade Names:

Original Plant Sourced as: Cryptocoryne retrospiralis

Plant Family: Araceae

Plant Native to¹:  Assam, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

Plant Type: Semiaquatic

Image Details²:

Image 1: Cryptocoryne retrospiralis grown submerse in a greenhouse pond. These plants are in their “green” phase. Sometimes this clone will take on a golden-brown colouration.

Image 2: The limb of a spathe of Cryptocoryne retrospiralis showing typical spiralling.

Image 3: Emerse Cryptocoryne retrospiralis grown under 70% shade.

General Information and Cultivation³: This clone was received from Aquagreen in 2016. A tall-growing crypt, easy to cultivate submerse. Plants grown by Tankquility in a 600mm deep greenhouse pond reach a height of 700mm with leaf width of 22mm. Cryptocoryne retrospiralis is adaptable to water (soft to hard) and substrate (slightly acid to near-neutral) conditions.

Growing this crypt emerse is possible under high humidity/misting and low to moderate light intensity. Emerse, it grows to about 150mm in height.

Identification Notes: Tankquility has flowered this clone and confirmed its identity as belonging to the species Cryptocoryne retrospiralis.

Ease of Care: Easy

Plant Size/Portion Size:

Submerse grown plant: Large-size plant with strong 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.