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The upper stream with shallow water
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... depth ca 20 cm with a gravel bottom, half shaded.
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The lower stream with a more muddy bottom. Partly sunny.
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Flowering abundantly in January with a white spathe.
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Spathe length up to 30 cm.
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Fully white in- and outside.
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An emersed specimen with shorter leaves.
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A submerged plant with a clear red lower side of the leaves.
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A submerged growing plant ...
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... the lower side red, ...
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... idem, with more narrow leaves...
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... lower side of the leaves.
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The half shaded stream is a contribute to a bigger river. In that river, at ca 20 m from the stream with var. planifolia, grows var. tonkinensis (right in the picture) in full sun.
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An immature fruit of var. planifolia.
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Length section of the kettle showing the spadix with the male flowers (top) and female flowers (bottom). Note the reddish top half of the kettle.
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Distribution of C. crispatula var. planifolia in the Guangxi province, S. China. Up to now there is only one record for this plant.
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Water parameters indicate that var. planifolia may be suited for a cool aquarium, temperature ca. 20 C.
Back to the Crispatula group for an overview and more literature.
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Literature:
- Zhou, H., H.W. He & N. Jacobsen, 2010. Eine neue Varietät der Cryptocoryne crispatula Engler (Araceae) aus der Provinz Guangxi, China. Aqua Planta 35(4): 134-138. (see the Document service , included an English translation)
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