Bucephalandra care
Bucephalandra spp.
Bucephalandra are small rhizome plants from Borneo with shimmering, often blue or purple leaves.
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Helps
- Where it goes
- On wood or rock (not in the substrate)
- Growth
- Slow
- Care level
- Moderate
- Height
- 2 to 4 in
- Temperature
- 72 to 82 °F
- How to plant
- Attach the rhizome to rock or wood
- Propagation
- Rhizome division
In a 20 gallon long
12¾ in tallHow to grow bucephalandra
Bucephalandra are small rhizome plants from Borneo with shimmering, often blue or purple leaves. They grow slowly in low light and suit nano tanks and rock work.
Common problems
- Leaves melt after moving or big water changes; the rhizome usually recovers.
- Wild-collected plants are common in the trade; choose tissue-culture or farm-grown plants.
Plants that grow in the same light
Sources
Plant identity from Wikipedia: Bucephalandra. Heights, temperatures and care are typical ranges in aquariums from common planted-tank practice, not figures from that article. Drawings are our own; photo credits follow.
Photo credits
Real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped to fit; each is used under the license named.
- Bucephalandra Manuel Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cryptocoryne wendtii John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vallisneria Damitr, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dwarf sagittaria Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hornwort Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Marimo moss ball コムケ (Japanese Wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pothos Jubair1985, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
