Bucephalandra Silver Eagle | Small Vitro Culture Cup

Silver-toned leaves on a compact rhizome. Bucephalandra sp. 'Silver Eagle' is one of the many named forms in a genus of more than thirty species, most of them from Borneo, where they grow as dense mats over rock in fast-moving streams. Leaf color across the genus runs dark blue to green, often with white, yellow or red tinges and spotting on the underside.

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 — Silver Eagle Buce
• Scientific name — Bucephalandra sp. 'Silver Eagle'
• Family — Araceae
• Origin — Borneo
• Type — Rheophyte / epiphyte
• Placement — Foreground to midground, attached to stone, rock or driftwood
• Growth rate — Slow to medium

Care

• Difficulty — Intermediate
• Light — Low to high
• CO₂ — Not required
• Substrate — Not required. Attach to hardscape — never bury the rhizome
• Propagation — Rhizome division

Grower's Notes

• It grows on rock, not in substrate. In the wild Bucephalandra clings to stone in fast-flowing streams, and the same applies in a tank — tie or glue the rhizome to hardscape and leave it exposed. Buried, it rots.
• Color varies with conditions more than with the cultivar name. Nutrients, CO₂, pH, light and hardness all shift how a Buce presents, so the same plant looks different in two tanks.
• Tolerates a wide light range, which makes it more forgiving than most Buce as a first attempt at the genus.
• Rinse the gel off thoroughly before attaching. Residue fouls at the rhizome.
• Slow to medium growth. It will not fill a scape quickly — buy roughly the quantity you want.
• 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.

Notes

• 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.

At a glance

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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.
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