Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Flamingo'

Plant Name: Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Flamingo’

Tankquility Catalogue #: TQ-01324

Synonyms/Trade Names:

Original Plant Sourced as: Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Flamingo’

Plant Family: Araceae

Plant Native to¹:  Cryptocoryne wendtii is found in Sri Lanka (the crypts pages - http://www.cryptocoryneworld.org/index.php). According to Dennerle, a mutation by a plant within one of their greenhouses gave rise to the ‘Flamingo’ clone.

Plant Type: Semiaquatic

Image Details²:

Image 1: Submerse grown Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Flamingo’ showing the bright pink colouration that develops when the plant is cultivated under the right conditions. This plant was cultured in a greenhouse.

Image 2: Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Flamingo’ grown emerse in a greenhouse under mist.  The same pink colouration as seen in submerse plants is possible under high temperatures and intermittent mist. In cooler temperatures and dryer conditions the plant will turn a green-bronze colour. Leaf morphology also changes.

General Information and Cultivation³: A small to medium-size crypt, easy to cultivate submerse. Grow under high light to encourage pink leaf colouration.  Under lower light levels the plant become more upright and colour intensity will reduce. Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Flamingo’ is adaptable to water (soft to medium-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. As is the case for submerse cultivation, higher light levels promote the colour intensity of the leaves. Emerse, it grows to about 120mm in height.

Identification Notes: Detail coming soon.

Ease of Care: Easy

Plant Size/Portion Size:

Submerse grown plant: Medium-size plant with strong root development.

Emerse grown plant: Medium-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.