Description
Bucephalandra pygmaea is also known as Bucephalandra sp. "Kapit" or B. motleyana "Kapit". It comes from the south and the west of Sarawak. Up to now, it has only rarely been imported, and it is still not widely spread in the hobby. This especially beautiful small Bucephalandra variant grows to a height of only 3 cm and has very coarse dark leaves, often with a greyish-blue shine on the upper side and a reddish underside. The leaf forms vary. They are about 1 cm wide and sit on short stalks. The rhizomes and younger leaves are of a brownish red. The rhizomes are relatively short and thick, have a creeping to ascending growth habit and form many lateral shoots. If you remove the main shoot in older, mature plants, you will get especially dense bushes with very small leaves (in the beginning). Bucephalandra pygmaea grows and reproduces very slowly. You will find submersed flowers with a white spate time and again. Like all Bucephalandra variants, B. pygmaea attaches itself strongly to rocks with its roots. It is best cultivated as epiphyte.
Source
Flowgrow
Characteristic
Small leaves
Very dark, almost blueish
Browish-red leaf sheaths
Synonyms
Bucephalandra motleyana ''Kapit'', Bucephalandra sp. ''Kapit'', Microcasia pygmaea Becc.
Complete Botanical Name
Bucephalándra pygmáea (Becc.) P. B. Boyce & S. Y. Wong
Family
Araceae
Genus
Bucephalandra
Category
Foreground
Difficulty
easy
Growth
very slow
pH Value
5-7
Temperature Tolerance
20-26℃
Carbonate Hardness
0-10 dKH
General Hardness
0-30 °dGH
Propagation
Rhizomteilung, Splitting, Cutting off daughter plants
Colour
dark green, grey green
