Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Cryptocoryne balansae
Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–28 °C
- pH6.5–8
- Adult size70 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Araceae
- Origin
- Thailand, Vietnam and southern China
- Size
- 30 – 70 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.0
- GH
- 5 – 20 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- medium (tablets in the substrate)
- Growth
- slow
- Position
- background
- Propagation
- stolons
Notes: Long, narrow, wavy leaves, resembling crumpled Vallisneria. Tolerates hard water well and is ideal for the substrate in aquariums without CO2.
