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Aponogeton sp.

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This plant was sold to me recently as Aponogeton sp. But I'm not so sure it is an aponogeton. What do you think?

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KayakJimW
Apongeton crispus?
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sharkbunnie
Kinda looks like crinium calamistratum or natans to me. I think that aponogeton crispus has much wider leaves than your plant.
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doesn't it look like a cryptocoryne species? perhaps C. crispatula?
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JJ09
Looks like the crypt retrospiralis I recently got. Definitely not aponogeton- those would have a bulb, not a rhizome. And yes the leaves on apono crispus are wider.
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JJ09 said:
Looks like the crypt retrospiralis I recently got. Definitely not aponogeton- those would have a bulb, not a rhizome. And yes the leaves on apono crispus are wider.
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could you post in here some photos of this plant of yours?
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When I first got it:

Hard to see because the original leaves melted and it's just growing back- crypt balansae is the bigger brownish one, crypt retrospiralis is the thinner-leaved brownish one (also wavy edges) behind the vallisneria here.

Crypts in the left corner, aponogeton crispus tallest bright green plants in center.
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it does look very much like retrospiralis. btw, your tank is lovely. what is that brown crypt in the middle?
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JJ09
The big one in front of filter sponge? It's crypt wendtii 'tropica'.
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JJ09 said:
The big one in front of filter sponge? It's crypt wendtii 'tropica'.
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can you please check if this looks like your tropica?

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JJ09
Looks very similar to me. Yours could be the 'bronze' variety?
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I had the C. wendtii "Bronze" before but that one grows much taller about 10 - 12 inches. But this one stays low, 3 - 4 inches. That's why I kept it in the front much like a carpet plant.
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JJ09
Maybe it's Crypt becketti 'petchii' - mine has reddish leaves- but it is a new plant to me so not sure.
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ah, i see. thanks so much
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