Name: C.Bullosa
Variety: Fresh water species
Location: Sarawak
Substrate of origin: Mud+sand
Location description: Medium-fast current
Cultivation: Intermediate. Note. The plant will not do well in stagnant water.
Recommended Substrate: Sand +laterite
More info: Here
Picture in wild:
This crypts ware once the most valuable among many other species, but they are getting common nowadays. Along with our journeys within Sarawak, we found quite a number locations that contain huge number of crypts populations. These are found mainly in the medium-fast flowing river. During raining season, the water level rises up to few meters deep hence the roots must have been very well griped to the substrate and holding each others forming a mesh to avoid being washed away by the stong water current. The size the of plant provides a clue on how strong the water current is during raining season; and the lower the nutrient and exposure, the bigger the plant size is.
Location 1. The gigantic Bullosa, measured more than 2ft.
Location 2.
Location3. A very unique location. C. Bullosa found sharing the home with C. Ciliata (Mangrove variety).
2:23 pm on September 2nd, 2008 1
[...] Full gallery of C. Bullosa. [...]
8:50 am on September 8th, 2008 2
The pictures look tantalising. Did you guys get any pictures of the inforescence?
10:41 am on September 19th, 2008 3
Hi Stan,
no, we didn’t find any yet.
4:57 pm on September 19th, 2008 4
[...] of riverine/stream crypts include C. affinis, C. nurii, C. keei, C. bullosa, C. uenoi, the crispatula group like C. balansae, C.crispatula etc C. Bullosa C. [...]