Anubias Marble White carries irregular white and green marbling across its leaves — one of the rarer variegated Anubias, and one of the harder ones to keep. This is the small tissue culture cup: sterile, snail-free, and a low-cost way into a plant that is expensive as a rooted specimen.
What You'll Receive
- Sold as a small in vitro, tissue culture cup.
- Small cup size: approx. 1.7'' x 1.7''
- Tissue Culture Technology | 100% Free from Snail, Algae, Pathogen, and Bacteria plus Extended Shelf Life on all in Vitro Plants.
Plant Profile
- Common name — Marble White Anubias
- Scientific name — Anubias barteri 'Marble White'
- Also known as — Anubias White
- Origin — Cultivated variegated form; the genus is native to West and Central Africa
- Placement — Midground, attached to hardscape
- Mature height — 2-4 inches
- Growth rate — Very slow
Care
- Difficulty — Advanced
- Light — Low to medium. Bright light scorches the white tissue and feeds algae — this is the mistake that kills variegated Anubias.
- CO₂ — Not required
- Water — 72-82°F, pH 6.0-7.5
- Substrate — Not required. Epiphyte; attaches to wood or stone.
- Growth habit — Amphibious; grows submersed or emersed
- Propagation — Rhizome division
Grower's Notes
- White tissue carries no chlorophyll, which is why this is rated Advanced. A marbled leaf produces far less energy than a green one, so the plant grows very slowly, recovers badly from damage, and cannot outgrow algae on the pale areas. Anubias is famously tough; this cultivar is the exception.
- It can revert. Variegated Anubias sometimes starts producing plain green leaves. Remove fully green shoots promptly — green tissue photosynthesizes better and will gradually take over the plant if left.
- Rinse the gel off completely and separate the plantlets before attaching. Leftover nutrient agar clouds water and feeds algae.
- Never bury the rhizome. Tie or glue it to wood or stone and leave it exposed; buried rhizomes rot, and this plant will not regrow quickly from that.
- Tissue-culture plantlets start very small, and a slow plant with reduced chlorophyll starts slower still. Give it a season before judging it.
Want to go deeper? Read our complete Anubias Care Guide.
Notes
Disclaimer: Pictures are not the actual plants you will receive, but a sample representation. Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be free of pests, pesticides, grow emerged, or submerge.
Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.
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Good to know
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Tissue culture arrives healthy and beautiful with dense foliage. Customers said "extremely healthy plants" and praised packaging quality. However, some noted plants are smaller than expected and require careful transition to prevent melting. A few experienced complete plant loss. Works well in low-tech tanks, though size and white variegation vary.
- Tissue cultures are amazing and get a lot more than expected
- Arrived in perfect condition! Noticed new growth
- Extremely healthy plants, beautiful as well
S
Great plant. Arrived healthy. Would order again
B
This little tissue culture anubias arrived in perfect condition! Not sure what went awry with the negative reviews here, but I am a beginner with white anubias and I'm keeping this little one alive and even noticed new growth! Super glued the root (a dab will do) to the spider wood, as pictured, in a spot where it gets lots of light from my Hygger planted LED. Had it for over a couple weeks now and noticed no melting. I am enjoying my first foray into white/variegated aquatic plants!
S
I ordered 3, unfortunately it’s all individual rhizomes so 40 bucks for 3 plants is a little rough, but when you factor the rarity, the beauty, and honestly an extremely healthy plant it easily becomes a 5 star worth it rating. The cup is small for it to grow in is my ONLY complaint lol, not that big a deal. They look exactly as they are pictured above buyers, mainly white with touches of green on the stems mostly. Mine all had 10-20 leaves even though they were tiny, about 1-1.5 inches in size. So once again, very very VERY healthy plants. Not sure how people have their plants melt, I suggest allowing it to culture in its cup until it needs more space in the tank to make sure it’s as healthy as possible and i guarantee they will not crash. Specifically ordered these because they don’t require CO2 like a lot of other rare species. One plant has some green on the leaves, the other 2 are pure white so it will vary you should know. Nothing that the seller can control, there’s no way of knowing until the plant becomes older it’s possible they all grow to have some green too. I actually prefer the white though so even better!
R
This one's my favorite anubias! My order arrived quickly, and all plants were in wonderful condition despite there being a heatwave in AZ with temps higher than 115° F. Every single plant looks incredibly healthy, and I'm very pleased with the order. Will definitely order from APF again!
C
Completely white, not marble. I'm doubting it will live in the aquarium. I will have to grow it emersed in hopes of some green developing. I was hoping it would be like the other pictures people posted, but I guess not. I personally i wouldn't be intrested in it like this.
Truly a "nano" tissue culture! Despite there only being a single rhizome in the tiny cup, there were so many leaves and it was already so dense, I simply couldn't complain! I feel so lucky to have gotten my hands on this rare anubias! It's very beautiful and exactly as described and pictured above. However, be extremely careful and patient when transitioning to underwater submersed conditions, as to not melt the plant and rhizome. I've transitioned it into one of my tanks and it's already growing new leaves every day. I'm in love.
R
Llegaron en muy buen estado y son hermosas pero no es de un tamaño de 1.7 por 1.7 es mucho menor
R
The tissue cultures are amazing and get a lot more than expected will be ordering all my plants from here as tissue cultures as they are the best i have recieved from any online store for plants!
C
Compared with the plants that I can get from the local stores, these were too small for the prices I paid. They came in good shape so I'm hopeful I can grow them to what I would have thought they would be.
J
I run high lights, CO2, ferts, the works. Placed this plant in my tank and it melted completely and hasn't shown any signs of growth, recovery. Not happy for $20 plant.
J
Came in perfect and is doing great in my tank!
S
Died within a day of being put into tank
R
My favorite Anubias, doing perfectly fine in my low tech tank.
G
Healthy plant! Exactly what I needed to ad more foliage to my betta tank!
E
I purchased the tissue culture to try and prevent the plant to completely melt away. I'd seen in some reviews for a cutting that their plants had melted away and did not come back.
It was pretty difficult to put in the tank as a wanted to super glue it to a few pieces of gravel so I could place it in a better spot once it got bigger. I managed to get my fingers stuck together more than once lol. It's been in my tank for about a week, and it HAS MELTED. However, please don't let that scare you, as I saw a new baby baby leaf this morning. I'm looking forward to watching it grow!!! This is a really cool plant, especially if you've got black substrate or have a black water tank. Just be sure not to cover the rhizome when you place it in the tank, which is hard to do, because of the size of the plant. I definitely would recommend getting this cute plant though!!!!!
T
Great tissue culture. Came very healthy and great looking. Some had 2-3 plants in them! Ordered the pack of 10 and got 16-18 plants out of them. Highly recommend
M
Great little tissue culture plant. Would buy it again.
B
These have only been in my tank 2 days but so far so good. Very small plant structure (which I like), was able to get 3 small bunches out of this tissue cup. Arrived healthy, very happy with my purchase.
T
Compared to the 'loose' grown version, you will get about the same ratio for what you pay for, that is, this is a little cheaper and you get a little bit less (less leaves/smaller plant). The upside is that this is a tissue culture. I trust APF for the most part to have healthy plants when they are not lab-grown. I'm not against snails or anything like that, but this might be the way to go if you want to be fully commit and be able to just plop it in an aquarium or terrarium right off the bat.
J
Stunning plant - completely transforms your aquascape. My go to store now...
S
You guys always deliver amazing quality plants. I love it!
S
They all look good and healthy. Happy and happy.
L
The Anubias & Java fern came in good condition. Well packaged. I didn't realize the cup of Java fern would be in such small fragment. I like the looks of the marble white nano culture cup. They are so tiny and may I say cute. I intend to plant them today so I can't say how they will grow. My hopes are high. They will be center front in my tank. APF is now my first stop for any future plants.
P
Came in a tiny sealed cup with hydro gel. Very nicely packaged so it couldn’t be squished while being shipped. The plant itself was beautiful, vibrant and healthy. It had some roots, but it looks like it was cut/pulled off of something it had been previously attached to, which was kind of disappointing as I was hoping for a more solid root structure. Still deserves 5 stars though.
T
The white anubis has been a bucket list tank plant for years and I am over the moon happy with my new little plant. It arrived it awesome condition and looks amazing!! Packaging was over the top excellent and super fast shipping too thanks so much!!
C
Culture was exquisite and is growing well.
t
Good price. Arrived perfectly.
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