Bucephalandra sp. 'Biblis Blue Sky'
Bucephalandra sp.
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Planting & care
- PlacementForeground
- GrowthEpiphyte
- LightLow
- CO2None
- Height1.2–3.1" (3–8 cm)
About this plant
Biblis Blue Sky is a documented small-growing Bucephalandra culture form with delicately waved leaves. Blue highlights are a visual effect that can weaken or disappear under different conditions, not a promise that every leaf will be blue. Place it on a foreground ledge where individual blades can be seen. The compact habit and leaf texture are more useful for planning than the strongest colour in a supplier photograph. Keep the full culture designation rather than shortening it to an arbitrary Blue Buce label. Secure the plant to rock or wood and leave its creeping rhizome uncovered. Gentle circulation keeps debris from settling on slow-growing foliage. Maintain balanced nutrition and stable conditions; sudden changes may be followed by leaf loss. Remove deteriorating leaves and preserve a firm living rhizome. Propagate established plants by dividing healthy leaf-bearing sections. Emerse and submerse leaf appearance can differ. General Bucephalandra guidance is not a measured tolerance limit for every named culture form. Care ranges, where supplied, describe reported cultivation conditions rather than measured lethal limits. Width and nutrient concentrations are left unspecified where no defensible form-specific values are available.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- None
- Temperature
- 68–81°F (20–27°C)
- Placement
- Foreground
- Growth type
- Epiphyte
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
- Approx. height
- 1.2–3.1" (3–8 cm)
Water conditions
- Temperature
- 68–81°F (20–27°C)
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Propagation
- Division
- Color
- Green
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Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperm
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Bucephalandra
- Botanical name
- Bucephalandra sp.