Bucephalandra sp. "Bronze Tricolor"
Bucephalandra sp.
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Planting & care
This plant suits beginners. It grows in low light. It grows better with added CO₂.
Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
About this plant
Colourful medium-sized Bucephalandra form originally supplied under the trade name Mini Theia. Its exact wild locality and species identity are unknown. Submerged foliage can range from bronze-brown through purple and bluish tones to green, often with a metallic sheen. Aquasabi reports obovate, fairly soft leaves to about 5.5 cm including the petiole and about 1.9 cm wide, on a roughly 4 mm thick ascending to creeping and strongly branched rhizome. Aquarium height is about 6–8 cm. It is an easy, slow epiphyte: keep the rhizome exposed, provide stable conditions, and use moderate light plus CO2 and complete nutrition for the strongest colour.
Water conditions
Plant reference ranges, not dosing instructions or measurements from your aquarium. Consider livestock needs and measured conditions.
- Temperature
- 68–81°F (20–27°C)
- pH
- 5–7.5
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–14 °dKH
- Recorded CO₂ (mg/L)
- 5–30 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Width
- 2.4–4.7" (6–12 cm)
- How to propagate
- rhizome splitting and side shoots
- Color
- Brown, Purple, Green
- Ways to use it
- Small aquariums, Accent planting
Grow it successfully
What you’ll need to grow Bucephalandra sp. "Bronze Tricolor"
Start with this plant’s documented care needs, then use an AquariumLesson calculator to size the setup for your aquarium.
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Bucephalandra
- Botanical name
- Bucephalandra sp.
- Also known as
- Bronze Tricolor Buce, Mini Theia
- Origin
- Asia, Borneo, Cultivated
- Order
- Alismatales
