Cryptocoryne zukalii
Cryptocoryne zukalii is one of the rarest cryptocoryne in the hobby. It is one of the crypts whose original collection locality is not know. This plant which I have in culture has a unique history. C zukalii was first collected and exported in the 70’s. Jan Bastmeijer got this plant from Robert A Gasser(Quality Plants, Florida, USA) around 1975. I got this plant from Ghazanfar Ghori last year who had got this plant directly from Jan.
C zukalii spathe typically has a long limb of spathe which is almost perpendicular to the tube. This spathe was almost at a right angle to the tube. The limb was more or less smooth with pumpkin yellow color. The throat ends in a sharp border.
I have been growing C zukalii in a mixture Aquasoil Amazonia I, laterite and leaf mould in my freshwater set-up. Once I have a couple of extra runners I am planning to add one to my blackwater setup and see how it does.
April 28, 2010 at 5:28 am
Bhushan,
I am amazed by the detailed research u have done and also the exquisite shots you took.
Looks really great.
Shekhar
April 28, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Shekhar, thanks a lot for the compliments and for checking out my blog.