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Cryptocoryne Wendtii
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Family: Araceae
📍 Sri Lanka
Cryptocoryne wendtii is a popular, low-maintenance rosette plant available in several colour forms from green to brown-red. It may undergo 'crypt melt' when first planted or after water chemistry changes, but almost always recovers. Once established it is resilient and spreads via runners.
Keeping this species
- co2
- Not required
- light
- Low to medium (20–60 PAR)
- placement
- Foreground / midground
- substrate
- Nutrient-rich substrate; benefits from root tabs
- growth rate
- Slow to moderate
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Water it likes
- ph
- 6.0–8.0
- nitrate
- <30 ppm
- hardness
- 2–20 dGH
- temperature
- 72–82°F (22–28°C)
Natural Habitat Temperature
75°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Apr high)