Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Tropica'

Plant Name: Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Tropica’

Tankquility Catalogue #: TQ-01311

Synonyms/Trade Names:

Original Plant Sourced as: Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Tropica’

Plant Family: Araceae

Plant Native to¹:  Cryptocoryne wendtii is found in Sri Lanka (the crypts pages - http://www.cryptocoryneworld.org/index.php). The precise area from where ‘Tropica’ originates is unknown.

Plant Type: Semiaquatic

Image Details²:

Image 1: Emerse grown Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Tropica’ showing the darkly coloured bullate leaves that develop when grown under high light conditions. This plant was cultured in a greenhouse.

Image 2: Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Tropica’ grown submerse in a greenhouse pond.  These plants were cultured in lower light.

General Information and Cultivation³: A small to medium-size crypt, easy to cultivate submerse. Grown under high light, it has a prostrate growth habit with short dark bullate leaves.  Under lower light conditions, it is an upright medium-size plant, lighter in colour and lacking the characteristic bullation. Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Tropica’ 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 dark bullate 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.