✨ Bucephalandra APF Platinum – Ultra-Rare Albino Buce with Platinum Foliage

Bucephalandra APF Platinum is a groundbreaking, U.S.-exclusive aquatic plant first introduced by Aquarium Plants Factory. This stunning albino variant is revered for its shimmering platinum-colored leaves, offering an ethereal, ghostly elegance unlike anything in the planted tank world. A genuine collector's item, APF Platinum elevates aquascapes with a unique silvery-white glow that catches light in a way no green plant can.

Due to its lack of chlorophyll—the pigment essential for photosynthesis—this plant is extremely sensitive to environmental changes. It requires advanced care and thrives only in well-maintained, high-tech aquariums. That said, for experienced aquascapers, the reward is a living work of art: a luminous centerpiece that transforms any aquascape into a showcase of rare beauty and sophistication.

🌿 Key Features:

• Scientific Name: Bucephalandra sp. 'APF Platinum'

• Common Name: Buce APF Platinum

• Growth Form: Compact epiphyte with broad, platinum-white leaves

• Leaf Color: Silvery-white to translucent platinum (albino)

• Light Demand: Low to moderate (avoid direct, high-intensity light)

• CO₂ Requirement: Required

• Growth Rate: Very slow

• Placement: Foreground, hardscape accent, or rare specimen feature

🌱 Optimal Growing Conditions:

• Temperature: 68–76°F (20–24°C)

• pH Range: 5.5 –6.0

• Water Hardness: Soft preferred

• Lighting: Soft, diffused light is ideal to avoid leaf stress or burn

• Environment: High-tech tanks with stable CO₂ injection and balanced nutrients

🌊 Aquascaping Benefits:

• Ultra-Rare Centerpiece: A show-stopping focal point that commands attention

• Ethereal Glow: Platinum leaves create a surreal, floating aesthetic in water

• Collectible Rarity: Exclusive to Aquarium Plants Factory — not found elsewhere in the U.S.

• Contrast & Texture: Perfect for monochrome aquascapes or high-contrast layouts

🔁 Propagation & Growth:

• Propagation: Slowly by rhizome division only

• Nutrient Substrate: Required — for supplemental root feeding

• Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes, under high humidity and controlled lighting (not recommended for beginners)

📦 What You’ll Receive:

• Bare-root Plant: 1 small rhizome with at least 3–5 albino leaves

• Potted Plant: 1 rhizome potted in rockwool and net pot for stable placement

⚠️ Disclaimer:

Bucephalandra APF Platinum is an albino variant and lacks chlorophyll, which makes it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes, strong lighting, and nutrient deficiencies. This plant is recommended only for experienced aquarists who can provide stable, high-tech conditions. Avoid burying the rhizome in substrate.

 WHAT WE GUARANTEE

24 Hours Live Arrival Guarantee* - In a rare case of live stocks dead on arrival, we must be notified within 24 hours by the same day of delivery. Please take clear photos of the damaged product and send it to us within 24 hours.  Live Arrival Guarantee will be void after 24 hours of delivery. All replacements are considered final and we will not replace the replacement.

1. Picture requirements: Take at least 2 clear photos of damaged product in their original, unopened & sealed transparent packing and send photos and orders information to our email within 24 hours: aquariumplantsfactory@gmail.com 
2. Please do not take picture of damaged plants, or animals in your aquarium. Once they have been introduced to your aquarium's ecosystem. It is no longer covered by our guarantee.

Please be aware that our Live Arrival Guarantee is subject to certain conditions. Specifically, the guarantee will not be applicable in cases where the package is marked as 'invalid address', 'undeliverable' or is 'returned to sender.' This includes situations such as a vacant delivery address, a missing apartment number, or any other issues that prevent the postal service from delivering your package.

It is crucial to provide accurate and complete shipping information to ensure the successful delivery of your order and the applicability of the Live Arrival Guarantee.

Please keep in mind that Live Arrival Guarantee only guarantees that live stocks will be alive upon arrival. We cannot guarantee that you will continue to have success with them. Many factors, including the aquarium environment, water quality, nutrient, temperature, lighting, filter, and CO2 system, can contribute to the failure to grow live plants and live animals.

WHAT WE CAN'T GUARANTEE

Even though our plants are very clean, but we can't guarantee they will be 100% pest-free because we cannot be responsible for your aquarium. Please use it at your own risk. We recommended all customers rinse the plants with clean water and quarantine them before use.

However, plants in tissue culture will be 100% free from pests, algae and never have been contacting with any aquarium.

1. Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
2. We don't guarantee our plants will be free of pesticides. We use homemade, organic pesticides in our greenhouse to control pests. We do not use pesticides that contain copper. Copper is toxic to invertebrates such as aquatic snails, crabs, shrimps, etc
3. We don't guarantee your aquarium success or are responsible for your aquarium inhabitant including but not limited to fish, shrimp, snail, turtle, etc. So please quarantine all plants when use!
4. Unless specific, we don't guarantee aquatic plants will be grow emerged or submerge.

Please review your state's regulations on restricted plants, as we are committed to not shipping plants that are restricted in your area. Do not release any plants into the wild or waterways, as this can harm local ecosystems by introducing invasive species.

Your cooperation in protecting the environment is appreciated. For continuously updated information, refer to the USDA State Noxious Weed list here.

Thank you for your responsible commitment to environmental preservation.