🌿 Bucephalandra Dark Velvet Vitro Culture® – Rare, Deep Purple-Black Foliage with Velvety Texture

Sold as: 4-inch sealed bag | Lab-Grown Tissue Culture | Yields 3–4 small plants

Bucephalandra Dark Velvet is an extraordinary, highly sought-after Buce cultivar known for its deep, velvety leaves that range from dark green to purple-black depending on lighting and nutrients. Native to the fast-flowing streams of Borneo, this rare plant thrives in submerged conditions and grows slowly but steadily, making it perfect for aquascaping with long-term appeal.

Cultivated in sterile laboratory conditions, our Vitro Culture® format ensures this rare gem arrives 100% free from pests, algae, and pesticides—ideal for sensitive ecosystems and shrimp tanks.

🌟 Key Features:

• Scientific Name: Bucephalandra sp. 'Dark Velvet'

• Common Name: Buce Dark Velvet

• Foliage Color: Dark purple to nearly black with a matte, velvety texture

• Growth Rate: Slow but steady; compact and rhizomatous

• Rarity Level: Extremely rare; premium collector-grade Bucephalandra

🌱 Growth & Propagation:

• Lighting Needs: Low to medium; high light may intensify color

• CO₂ & Fertilizers: CO₂ not required, but helps encourage stronger growth

• Growth Method: Rhizome; best attached to hardscape like rock or driftwood

• Nutrient Substrate: Not required

• Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes

🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits:

• Adds luxurious texture and moody color contrast in shaded layouts

• Perfect for nano tanks, shrimp tanks, and detail-focused aquascapes

• Hardy and low-maintenance once established

📦 What You’ll Receive:

Sold as a 4-inch sealed Vitro Culture® bag containing healthy Bucephalandra Dark Velvet plantlets—ready to rinse, acclimate, and plant in your aquarium.

• Yield: Approximately 3–4 individual plants (small size)

⚠️ Disclaimer:

All tissue culture plants are young and may vary slightly in appearance from photos due to their sterile cultivation stage. Handle with care during acclimation. Avoid sudden changes in tank parameters.

🚫 State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner

Never release Bucephalandra—or any aquarium plant—into natural waterways. Doing so can disrupt local ecosystems. Dispose of unwanted portions responsibly to help preserve aquatic biodiversity.

 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.