Family Araceae: Araceae. Malaysia is the homeland.
Among aquarists, one of the most prevalent cryptocorynes. Due to its ability to grow in a variety of conditions and its beautiful longitudinally striped leaves that are burgundy-purple on the bottom and dark green on top, it is a very popular plant. forms up to 30-35 cm-tall, dense thickets. The plant should be positioned in the center of the aquarium, close to the side walls.
The temperature when growing this cryptocoryne can fluctuate within a fairly wide range from 20 to 28 °C. At temperatures below 20 °C, growth slows down significantly. Cryptocorin develops well only in medium hardness, from 8 to 20 °, with a slightly alkaline or neutral reaction of pH 7 – 8. In soft old water, the plant feels good, however, during the next substitution of water or cleaning the aquarium of the cryptocorin, it often drops all the leaves. Regular water substitution (1/5-1/4 of the volume of the aquarium) should be done when cryptocorin is contained in relatively hard water. It is better to add water to the aquarium with soft water in return for the evaporated.
Lighting does not demand much from cryptocorin. Long-term shade does not harm it, but the length and intensity of the lighting do affect how brilliant the color of its leaves is. Lack of light causes the leaves to lose their striped pattern, their purple hue to fade, and the plant to take on a faded green hue.
Fluorescent lights of the LB type, with a minimum power of 0.3 to 0.4 W per liter of volume, can be used for artificial lighting. The red hue of the leaves is accentuated by incandescent lighting. Sunlight, in particular, enhances the plant’s appearance considerably. There should be a minimum of twelve hours of daylight per day.
Silted soil is critical for the healthy growth of cryptocoryne. The plant grows very slowly and doesn’t get very big in poor soil. The particle size of the substrate has little bearing on anything. Because basal shoots develop at a very close distance from the mother plant in a coarse substrate and start to interfere with each other, it is best to avoid using very large pebbles. Place lumps of clay or a clay-peat mixture beneath the roots when planting in newly created soil. A layer of soil no thinner than five centimeters should be applied.
In well-silted soil, mineral fertilizers have little effect on plant growth. There might not be enough naturally occurring nutrients in the soil if dense thickets of cryptocoryne form in the aquarium. Subsequently, consistent, ideally weekly, application of complex mineral fertilizers will be necessary, with nitrogen and microelements serving as the foundation.
Cryptocoryne affinis reproduces only vegetatively under artificial conditions. When a thicket forms around a mother plant, young plants with three to four leaves are pulled from it and moved to a new spot.
The plant grows a little bit better in a humid greenhouse than it does in an aquarium. Rich soil, bright light, and a minimum temperature of 26 °C are required for growth in a paludarium. When grown in ideal conditions, the aquatic form of Cryptocoryne is more beautiful than the terrestrial form.
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