Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Crinum calamistratum
Crinum calamistratum
Photo: Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Adult size150 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Origin
- Cameroon
- Size
- 50 – 150 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 5 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- average
- Growth
- slow
- Position
- background
- Propagation
- offset bulbs
Notes: Long, thin, curly leaves that grow from a bulb. Very hardy: cichlids and herbivorous fish leave it alone. Tolerates hard water and slightly brackish water.
