Cryptocoryne moehlmannii – spathe


Cryptocoryne moehlmannii and Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia look very much alike when grown emersed or submerged. To properly differentiate and identify the correct species is to flower the plant(s). I have both in my emersed setup and both flowered. The whole lower part of C. moehlmannii is exactly like C. pontederiifolia. However you can clearly distinguished two by noticing red dots in the top portion of Cryptocoryne moehlmannii tube.

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  1. #1 by Xema - May 8th, 2009 at 18:01

    Really nice spathe, that is one of the ‘easy’ plants I never grew.

    Congrat!

  2. #2 by Jay - May 8th, 2009 at 22:50

    Xema :

    Really nice spathe, that is one of the ‘easy’ plants I never grew.

    Congrat!

    Thanks Xema. Much appreciated. It took a while to flower it but I can officially cross it off the list.

  3. #3 by Xema - May 11th, 2009 at 13:25

    Hello again Jay, I just created a flickr group on crypts and lagenandras, I really would be a honor if you would be sending few pictures on them.
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/1086040@N20/

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