Cryptocoryne × purpurea
Cryptocoryne × purpurea Ridl.
Cryptocoryne × purpurea is a rosette plant suited to midground and background planting.
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Planting & care
- PlacementMidground, Background
- Growth typeRosette plant
- LightLow
- CO2Recommended
About this plant
Care level: Intermediate. Light requirement: low. Injected CO₂: recommended.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 73–82°F (23–28°C)
- Placement
- Midground, Background
- Growth type
- Rosette plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
Water conditions
Plant reference ranges, not dosing instructions or measurements from your aquarium. Consider livestock needs and measured conditions.
- Temperature
- 73–82°F (23–28°C)
- pH
- 5–6
- Carbonate hardness
- 2–16 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 10–40 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Propagation
- runners, rhizome division, splitting, cutting off daughter plants
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What you’ll need to grow Cryptocoryne × purpurea
Start with this plant’s documented care needs, then use an AquariumLesson calculator to size the setup for your aquarium.
CO₂
This plant’s care profile lists CO₂ injection as recommended, not required.
Estimate dissolved CO₂Substrate
A suitable substrate or targeted root nutrition can support this plant's growth habit.
Calculate how much substrate you needTaxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Cryptocoryne
- Botanical name
- Cryptocoryne × purpurea Ridl.
