Cryptocoryne retrospiralis
Description:
Cryptocoryne retrospiralis is an amazing and unusual aquatic plant, It's
curly niddly leaf structure is very attractive and the brownish green colour is
also very impressive. In the natural habitat Cryptocryne retrospiralis found in
fast flowing river stream.
Hardiness: Easy
CO2 Needs: moderately (while submerge)
Light Needs: Medium-High
Plant Structure: Creeping Stem (Under substrate)
Genus: Cryptpcoryne
Species: retrospiralis
Growth Rate: Fast
Can Be Grown Emerged: Yes
Distribution and Conservation status:
Throughout the
disjunct area in the North-Eastern (Brahmaputra river) and South-Western part
of India.
Habitat of Cryptocoryne retrospiralis in the buffer zone of Gorumara National park |
Habitat of Cryptocoryne retrospiralis |
collecting Cryptocoryne retrospiralis from the habitat |
Habitat and Ecology: (North-Eastern INDIA, Buffer zone of
Gorumara National Park)
Shallow water and Fast flowing river stream with other aquatic or semi
aquatic vegetation (C.spiralis,H.polysperma,H.corymbosa, R.
rotundifolia,Potamogeton nodosus, Vallisneria sp,Sphaerocaryum sp, Hydrocotyle
sibthorpioides,Nelsonia canescens,Bacopa monnieri, Alternanthera philoxeroides,
Staurogyne sp(Bihar), Lasia spinosa, Ipomoea aquatic, Hydrila verticillata,
Eleocharis acicularis), This beautiful ecology is threatened by Human
Interposition,
https://youtu.be/MY7q56pscuc
Inhabitant:
Garra
gotyla,acanthocobitis botia,Danio rerio,Danio devario,Badis assamensis,Caridina
cf babaulti,Caridina hodgarti,Aplochelius panchax,Nandus Nandus, Pseudolaguvia
muricata, (Thanks to Andrew Arunava Rao for given all those inhabitant
information)
Cultivation/Usage- Newly arrival in Cultivation as Ornamental/aquarium
plants.
Morphology:
Length
8"-14" from the upper-side from root,
Stiff,
niddly and curly leaf with brownish green colour,
Roots
developed very tightly under the sandy substrate,
Flower buds
comes at the end of monsoon when the water goes dry,
Bud of Cryptocoryne retrospiralis, bud comes out around winter season while the water level goes to dry |
Seeds can
be produced by appropriate circumstances,