Most Bucephalandra are bought for dark color. Bucephalandra 'Green Wavy' is bought for shape — small, elongated leaves with a deep ruffle along the edge, in plain bright green. It clumps into miniature islands on wood and stone, and the wave gives texture where a dark Buce would just give shadow. This is the sterile Vitro Culture® format.
What You'll Receive
- One sealed 4-inch Vitro Culture® tissue culture bag
- Approximately 4 small plantlets grown in sterile nutrient gel
- 100% free from snails, algae, pesticides and pathogens
- Rinse the gel away and separate the plantlets before planting
Plant Profile
- Common name — Green Wavy Buce
- Scientific name — Bucephalandra sp. 'Green Wavy'
- Also known as — Buce, Bucep
- Origin — Riverbanks of Borneo
- Placement — Foreground to midground, on wood or stone
- Mature height — 2–4 in
- Growth rate — Slow
Care
- Difficulty — Beginner
- Light — Low to medium
- CO₂ — Not required, though it improves growth rate
- Water — 72–82°F · pH 6.0–7.5
- Substrate — Not required. Attaches to hardscape
- Growth habit — Amphibious. Also grows emersed
- Propagation — Rhizome division
Grower's Notes
- Green Buce solves a problem dark Buce creates. On dark wood, a deep-red or blue Bucephalandra disappears. Green Wavy stays visible — same slow, undemanding plant, but it reads as texture rather than a shadow.
- Never bury the rhizome. Glue or tie it to rock or wood; buried rhizomes rot.
- Growth is measured in months. That's why Buce holds its shape in a scape for years without trimming — and why patience after planting matters.
- Some melting of older leaves after planting is normal as it converts to submerged growth. New leaves follow from the rhizome.
- Farm-raised, not wild-collected. All the Bucephalandra we carry is farm-grown, and much of it is raised from tissue culture rather than collected from Borneo.
Want to go deeper? Read our complete Bucephalandra Care Guide.
Notes
- Bucephalandra species are slow growers and may take time to adapt after planting. Some melting of older leaves is normal during transition. Avoid burying the rhizome to prevent rot.
- Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.
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Please bring live plants indoors and unpack them the day they arrive. Every live order is covered by our 24-Hour Live Arrival Guarantee.
The complete rules, including lost packages and address issues, are in our Shipping Policy. If anything conflicts, that policy applies.
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Good to know
- Some melting or yellowing as plants adjust from greenhouse to aquarium life is normal. They regrow from healthy roots and rhizomes.
- Please bring your package indoors and unpack it the day it arrives.
- Free promotional items and shipping charges are not covered.
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Customers praised these tissue culture aquatic plants for arriving in "beautiful condition" with healthy roots and leaves. Most shoppers reported plants thrived in their tanks with minimal melting. However, some experienced complete leaf loss during transition. One customer noted melted arrival. Great value on sale, but requires proper acclimation techniques.
- Plants look and feel very healthy. Great sale for best quality plants.
- Arrived super quickly and in wonderful condition. Going strong, not a single melt.
- Cup was really full. Came very healthy with lots of leaves and roots.
R
My baby's arrival was fast 2 days from order.
I love how plants look and "feel" very healthy.
I got tissu culture cup and it was 15$ on sale from 69,99. Just great sale for best quality plants. Got a lot of plants unfortunately they didn't send me flamingo crypt that was free gift with code PINKBIRD.
Looking great and will try to put up a pic after 3 months in tank.
M
Planted these along 60 other plants in a new aquarium. It has been 10 days and every has been thriving
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Nice plants
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This arrived looking like the picture and they were beautiful. I had to wait about a week before planting but I kept the plants in their tubs at about 78 deg. air temp. I put a couple in my 15 gal. column tank and had to wait till the next day to plant them in my 40 gal. I don't know what went wrong but by the time I was going to plant the remainder the tub all I had were what looked like roots and stubs. I know that the leaves can and usually melt so I planted the remains any way. They have been planted better than four weeks with no new growth. Now to be perfectly honest I have never dealt withy tissue plants before so I figure I must have done something wrong. APF delivered great looking plants at a reasonable price. I plan on ordering more of these but maybe grown plants until I get more experience growing aquatic plants. I have to admit though the tissue cups seem to me a far better deal than to buy the plants as you get a lot of starts.
K
Hey APF
Thanks for such nice quality plant species of Bucephalandra
I attached these plants to drift wood a couple days ago so I’m waiting for results
However all other Cryptocoryne I’ve purchased are doing wonderfully well
Highly recommended for plants here atAPF
Keep on growing and keep your fishes happy
M
The cup was really full of buce wavy green. It has about 5 small sections if you split it up. I decided to slowly transition it to submersed growth and so far so good. There has been minimal melt but lots of new leaves are sprouting so that is good. It came very healthy with lots of leaves and roots, and I'm happy with this purchase. :)
G
These plants arrived super quickly and in wonderful condition. Weeks later, they are going strong, not a single melt. Would buy again in a heartbeat if I had any more space in my tank!
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