Cryptocoryne pygmaea, dwarf crypt, comes from the Philippines. Other than its botancial and vernacular names suggest it doesn't stay
especially small.
On the islands Palawan, Busuanga and in western Mindanao this crypt populates rivers and rivulets, often with hard water, emersed as well
as submersed, also in deeper water.
For a long time it was only known from herbarium records. Most authors synonymised it with C. auriculata, which originates from Borneo
(Sarawak). Only in about 1970 the first live specimens became known in Europe. In Kopenhagen, Niels Jacobsen found them in a shipment
of C. aponogetifolia originating from the Philippines, and later identified them as C. pygmaea.
In 1999, Jan Bastmeijer and Herson Morco found many natural habitats of this species in the north of Palawan.
C. pygmaea has proven to be an excellent aquarium plant that is quite easy in cultivation. Despite that, this crypt is not very well-known in
the hobby yet.
Price per: 1 plant (grown emersed).
This item can be shipped internationally.
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Price per: 1 plant (grown emersed).
This item can be shipped internationally.
