🌿 Bucephalandra sp. 'Kedagang Japan' Vitro Culture® – Rare Japanese Hybrid with Metallic Luster

Bucephalandra sp. 'Kedagang Japan', known as Buce Kedagang Japan, is a highly sought-after Bucephalandra variety treasured for its narrow, slightly rippled leaves and stunning metallic hues of green, blue, and subtle violet under optimal lighting. Originally developed and selected from elite Japanese stock, this hybrid offers aquascapers a refined and rare accent plant with a sophisticated look. 

Now cultivated in our Vitro Culture® 4-inch bag, each portion is grown under sterile laboratory conditions, ensuring a pest-free, algae-free start—perfect for high-end nano aquascapes, premium hardscape layouts, or dedicated Buce collections.

🌿 Key Features:

• Scientific Name: Bucephalandra sp. 'Kedagang Japan'

• Common Names: Buce Kedagang Japan, Buce Japan Kedagang

• Origin: Japanese hybrid selection

• Leaf Characteristics: Narrow, slightly rippled leaves with metallic green-blue tones and subtle iridescence

• Growth Rate: Very slow; ideal for detailed and low-maintenance aquascapes

• Light Demand: Low to medium; enhanced coloration with stronger lighting

• CO₂ Requirement: Not required but improves growth and intensifies coloration

🧪 Vitro Culture® Advantages:

• Cultivated in sterile lab conditions with nutrient-rich gel medium

• Guaranteed free from pests, algae, and pathogens

• No risk of hitchhikers—safe for shrimp and sensitive livestock

• Sustainably propagated—supports responsible aquascaping practices

🎨 Aquascaping Benefits:

• Offers refined metallic contrast in aquascapes

• Perfect for highlighting mossy wood, rock surfaces, or shadowed areas

• Excellent in Iwagumi, nano tanks, and Wabi-Kusa setups

• Easily attaches to hardscape with aquarium-safe glue or fine thread

• Adds depth, texture, and elegance to foreground or midground zones

🌱 Propagation & Growth:

• Propagation: Slowly spreads via new shoots from the rhizome

• Nutrient Substrate: Not Required

• Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes — excellent for paludariums, terrariums, and Wabi-Kusa designs

📦 What You’ll Receive:

• One (1) Vitro Culture® 4-inch bag of Bucephalandra sp. 'Kedagang Japan'

• Yield: Approx. 3–4 healthy rhizome pieces, ready to plant or attach to hardscape

🔒 Disclaimer:

Pictures shown are for reference only. Actual plant size, shape, and color may vary depending on growth conditions. This Vitro Culture® bag is sealed for freshness—please follow proper sterilization and acclimation procedures upon opening.

⚠️ State Restrictions Notice ♻️ Be a Responsible Aquatic Plants Owner:

Please never release Bucephalandra—or any aquatic plant or animal—into local waterways. Responsible disposal helps protect native ecosystems.

 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.