Crypt Club

[lbacha]

Originally Posted by jkan0228

Yep those are the ones you sent me. Some of them melted though I think I might need a bit more of Tropica...

I like the look of affinis but isn't it a somewhat pricey crypt?

I'll tell you what hit me up with a PM I have some more tropica I can hook you up with and I can throw in a small affinis as well

Len

[Fishies_in_Philly]

Originally Posted by jkan0228

Hey guys. Seeing that this is the crypt club, could you guys recommend me a crypt for the section behind the wood with mini pellia? Barclaya Longifolia will be to the left on the background and Wendtii Tropica is already planted in the row in front.
Preferably something bright green so it'll contrast with the red and brown of the Longifolia and the Wendtii Tropica. Something that gets 6-8"?



Aerial view.

how about a c. zukalii

or a c. cordata 'thailand'?


and my crypts really strarted growing well when they started getting silt on them. as far as the textured leaves, my theory was always that since they are low light plants, the texturing of the leaves would increase surface area, thus increasing the amount of light they could absorb.


edit: sorry, i take lousy pics..lol

[DogFish]

Originally Posted by jkan0228

Hey guys. Seeing that this is the crypt club, could you guys recommend me a crypt for the section behind the wood with mini pellia? Barclaya Longifolia will be to the left on the background and Wendtii Tropica is already planted in the row in front.
Preferably something bright green so it'll contrast with the red and brown of the Longifolia and the Wendtii Tropica

I'd suggest C. Moehimannii Bright Green,wider leaf, faster growth rate.

I also suggest to sent that PM to Len, he's a great guy I'm sure he can hook you up with some great plants.

[jkan0228]

How big do they get?

[DogFish]

Here's one in a 4" clay pot, I sold a few months ago. This was a 3 leaf runner baby 4 month earlier.Hard to tell there is also a runner that grew down into the pot came up the other side and had a baby on it. Great easy Crypt.

[DogFish]

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia is a very close relative. I've not had that one myself. Member "Layout954" from Fla usually has them.

Good seller I bought a few plants from him last fall.

[knuggs]

Originally Posted by crazydaz

Knuggs--Sorry Bro! "Thank you" about the tank, and I'll clear out more room around the Bullosa 'Bario'....I wasn't aware that they would interfere with the "runners" that they send out from time to time. I had also forgotten that you do have some pretty nice-looking crypts in your tanks as well! Big ones, too!

No prob, thanks! Im excited to get my 'Bario' and 'Maradong' and hope they get big like my others I hear 'Bario' can get big but don't know much about the 'Maradong' yet. Internet speed has been jacked and feels like dial up, so my research time is getting cramped, drives me bonkers! Just gotta vent that.

[jkan0228]

Originally Posted by DogFish

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia is a very close relative. I've nt had that one myself. Member "Layout954" from Fla usually has them.

Good seller I bought a few plants from him last fall.

Yea I've considered that also.

Got any submersed photos instead of emersed of the moehlmannii?

Edit- do you think they get taller than Undulata?

[DogFish]

Originally Posted by jkan0228

...Got any submersed photos instead of emersed of the moehlmannii?
...

It looked just like that only wet

I grow a lot of my stuff in clay pots submersed and emersed.

[keydoc]

Hi guys,
I´ve read this thread and I have to say - really nice Crypts.
Here is my Crypt list... (I don´t have any fancy Crypts, because I started my collection recently).

Emersed:
Cryptocoryne affinis, Cryptocoryne beckettii, Cryptocoryne ciliata, Cryptocoryne indonesii, Cryptocoryne parva, Cryptocoryne petchii, C. pontederiifolia, Cryptocoryne spiralis, Cryptocoryne wendtii 1 (?), Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Green’, Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Green Gecko’, Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Mi Oya’, Cryptocoryne – currently unknown

Submersed:
Cryptocoryne affinis, Cryptocoryne aponogetifolia, Cryptocoryne beckettii, Cryptocoryne cordata var. cordata “blassii”, Cryptocoryne ciliata, Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae, Cryptocoryne indonesii, Cryptocoryne parva, Cryptocoryne petchii, Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia, Cryptocoryne retrospiralis, Cryptocoryne sp. ‘Flamingo’, Cryptocoryne spiralis, Cryptocoryne undulata, Cryptocoryne walkeri (?), Cryptocoryne walkeri var. lutea, Cryptocoryne wendtii, Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Green’, Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Green Gecko’, Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Mi Oya’, Cryptocoryne wendtii ‘Tropica’, Cryptocoryne x willisii, Cryptocoryne – currently unknown

[chad320]

Hey keydoc, Can you post us up a pic of your 'Flamingo'? I cant seem to find anyone in the US that can produce a picture of a submersed form of this Crypt. We would ALL like to see it.

As for your collection, nice job! Soon you'll be collecting the so called "fancy" ones

[keydoc]

Sure, here it is.
'Flamingo' (recent photo)


Another photo (older photo)

[looking4roselines]

That is one nice looking crypt. It's almost like a pink version of tropica


Xue

[chad320]

Congrats keydoc, we all hate you now That is awesome looking. I have no idea why the US crypt growers always seem to come up short with this plant. Maybe its because we all get it from tissue cultured plants and have a hard time converting it. I wish it was available to the trade here. Fantastic work by the way!!! We would love for you to add some more pics of your other crypts and tell us about your setups.

[knuggs]

Dang Keydoc, me want!!! I'm jealous!!!