My Bucephalandra 'Kedagang' looks different

[maverick786us]

I was impressed with Bucephalandra 'Kedagang' after seeing this video.

When I bought it and planted it from tissue culture it looked different. The leaves are small and light color

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

Tissue culture always looks different to pot grown. Much smaller and compact. I’ve got kedagang in my tank from tissue culture and it looked like that at first. The new growth is bigger and more open.

 

[maverick786us]

It was not the size but the shape and color of the leaves that looks different in my case. How much time did it take in your case?

 

[maverick786us]

I know Bucephalendra is one of the slowest growing plants. In this video he said that it grows bit faster compared to other Buce specially with injected CO2. How much time did it take to develop those leaves?

Tissue culture always looks different to pot grown. Much smaller and compact. I’ve got kedagang in my tank from tissue culture and it looked like that at first. The new growth is bigger and more open.

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[Little]

While I don’t use tissue culture myself, faster Bucephalandra such as Kedagang typically pushes out a leaf a week or so. Slow growing varieties can be one or two a month.

 

[G H Nelson]

I would say none of those plants are the original Kedagang....😕

 

[maverick786us]

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I would say none of those plants are the original Kedagang....😕

I had bad experience with BucePhalandra in my other tank. But in that tank, I installed Bucephalandara 21 days after setting it up. All the leaves have melted, though the rhizome is still intact, but it hasn't bounced back. So I learned from this experience and installed Buce 50 days after flooding in this tank. If this Buce turns out to be the same plant as the one in my previous tank. I will never buy Buce

 

[G H Nelson]

Needle Leaf....is one of those Buce that take a while to recover, unfortunately.

 

[G H Nelson]

This is Dennerle 'Bucephalandra Kedagang' below.

 

[maverick786us]

Thats the true beauty of Bucephalendra. Can you identify the one posted in original post? Is it crappy coin leaf?

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

I would say none of those plants are the original Kedagan

Oh, definitely. There’s three varieties of bucephalandra in my tank (so I was led to believe when I bought them) and they pretty much all look the same. My light is broken though so everything looks washed out but to be honest, I don’t think there’s as much variety between the plants as the sellers would like you to believe.

EDIT: there is also Biblis and Red Dagger in there too according to my receipts. Couldn’t tell you which is which.


Slightly better picture.

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

It was not the size but the shape and color of the leaves that looks different in my case. How much time did it take in your case?

Mine grows reasonably slowly. I’ve had it a while and ive never felt the need to trim it.

 

[G H Nelson]

The original Kedagang....aka Godzilla.
It gets all a bit confusing, especially if you purchase Kedagang thinking it's the image above and end up with 'Mini Round' or 'Coin Leaf.'
Those two above I don't see that often for Sale.

 

[G H Nelson]

Thats the true beauty of Bucephalendra. Can you identify the one posted in original post? Is it crappy coin leaf?

Could be Coin Leaf/Mini Coin?

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

The original Kedagang....aka Godzilla.
It gets all a bit confusing, especially if you purchase Kedagang thinking it's the image above and end up with 'Mini Round' or 'Coin Leaf.'
Those two above I don't see that often for Sale.

I bought a few varieties just because they were on sale I think. I have about 10 varieties of Anubias in there and maybe 5 or 6 crypts and I couldn’t tell you which is which. 😄

 

[G H Nelson]

EDIT: there is also Biblis and Red Dagger in there too according to my receipts. Couldn’t tell you which is which.

Biblis get quite large and Dagger has a elongated leaf.

 

[Teleos]

EDIT: there is also Biblis and Red Dagger in there too according to my receipts. Couldn’t tell you which is which.

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Slightly better picture.

Here is my Biblis on the right. It is a slow grower. On the left is Bucephalandra Theia. Grows much faster than Biblis.

I am currently in the process of buying a ‘Kedagang’. Let's see what I get then.

 

[maverick786us]

The original Kedagang....aka Godzilla.
It gets all a bit confusing, especially if you purchase Kedagang thinking it's the image above and end up with 'Mini Round' or 'Coin Leaf.'
Those two above I don't see that often for Sale.

Bucephalendra are hard to get at local store so I ordered it online and I got the TC with hand written label Bucephalendra Kedagang 🙄🙄