🌿 Bucephalandra White Marble – Rare & Variegated Gem for High-Tech Aquascapes
Bucephalandra White Marble is one of the most visually stunning and challenging Bucephalandra varieties available. Known for its elegant marbled leaves featuring silvery-white and creamy variegation over a deep green to bluish canvas, this rare plant commands attention and admiration. Its refined beauty makes it a top-tier choice for aquascapers looking to elevate their layout with a sophisticated, high-contrast accent.
However, Buce White Marble is not for the faint of heart—this variety is hard to grow, requires stable high-tech conditions, and nutrient-rich substrate to maintain its delicate variegation and prevent melt. Best suited for experienced aquarists with advanced setups and CO₂ injection.
✨ Key Features:
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Scientific Name: Bucephalandra sp. 'White Marble'
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Common Name: Buce White Marble
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Growth Form: Compact epiphyte with oval, variegated leaves
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Leaf Color: Green to bluish base with marbled white streaks
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Light Demand: Medium to high
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CO₂ Requirement: Required for healthy growth and stable variegation
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Growth Rate: Very slow
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Placement: Foreground, hardscape, or as a collectible midground accent
🌱 Optimal Growing Conditions:
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Temperature: 68–78°F (20–26°C)
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pH Range: 6.0–7.5
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Water Hardness: Soft to moderate
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Lighting: Medium to strong, but avoid direct intense light to prevent bleaching
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Tank Type: Best for high-tech aquariums with full macro and micro nutrient dosing
🖼 Aquascaping Benefits:
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Luxury Accent Plant: Adds elegance and contrast to driftwood or rockscape
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Collector’s Choice: Rare and prized among advanced Buce enthusiasts
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Textural Depth: Silky, marbled foliage creates depth and uniqueness in layout
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Minimal Space Use: Compact size is ideal for nano tanks or focal points in larger aquascapes
🔁 Propagation & Growth:
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Propagation: By carefully dividing the rhizome
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Nutrient Substrate: Required – benefits from root contact with rich substrate or targeted root tabs
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Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes – suitable for advanced terrarium or paludarium setups
📦 What You’ll Receive:
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Bare-root Plants: 1 premium bare-root Bucephalandra White Marble with at least 5 leaves
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Potted Plants: 1 plant potted in rockwool and net pot for convenient planting
⚠️ Disclaimer:
Bucephalandra White Marble is an advanced plant that requires consistent CO₂, clean water, stable temperatures, and high-quality lighting. Its beautiful variegation can fade or melt under poor conditions. Not recommended for beginners. Always keep the rhizome above the substrate.
Handling time for Live Plants orders:
Live plants are shipped from Monday - Saturday if you choose United States Postal Services (USPS): Most plant-only orders can ship out within 1-3 business days excluded out-of-stock, pre-order, or backorder products.
UPS 2-Days and UPS Overnight only ship from Monday-Wednesday to ensure they arrived in the same week. Please be mindful we also have 1-2 business days handling time, so please placed your order on or before Tuesday, the cut off time is 6:00 AM Pacific Time (PT)
Handling time for Live Animals orders:
Live Animals are shipped from Monday - Wednesday: Live Animals orders take longer to ship. We only ship Live Animals orders when they can be delivered within the week so they don't spend an extra day in transit on the weekend.
Handling time for Live Animals ranges from 1-5 business days depending on the weather and health of the livestock. We will email tracking information when the order is shipped.
Free Shipping: We offer Free Shipping on eligible orders.
- Free Shipping will take 2-5 days to reach you
- If your orders included Live Plants & Live Animals. We will combine the shipment and you will see the flat rate shipping cost at checkout
- Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and US Virgin Islands customers are not qualified for the Free Shipping program. Please upgrade to Expedited or Express Mail for faster delivery.
Delayed Parcels: Sometimes your packages may take longer than normal to arrive with U.S. Postal Service or our chosen courier. We are legally obliged to wait 15 working days (3 weeks) for a package to be considered lost. See U.S. Postal Service website for further detail.
- We cannot be held responsible for any delay caused by U.S. Postal Service but if your packages were lost by the courier service, we will issue a replacement by 50/50, which means we pay 50% and the customers pay 50% plus shipping for the replacement orders.
- Please always keep your shipping address up-to-date! ( Debit and Credit Card, Paypal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Shopify Pay, Ali Pay, and other payment processing services )
- Any shipment being refused or shipped back to us by providing a wrong address or other reasons will not be refundable.
Cancellations: We understand sometimes thing goes out of control.
- Please contact us ASAP if you want to cancel your orders. Orders only might be canceled if they are not being shipped by shipping couriers.
Return Policy: All sales are final
- We do not accept returns or exchanges for Live Plants and Live Animals
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.
- 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
- 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.
- Due to the nature of the product. We don't guarantee our plants will be pests free. ( snails, algae, hitchhikers )
- 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
- 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!
- 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.
J
It’s been about a week and the plants have melted to mush. I’m hopeful they’ll bounce back but haven’t seen any signs of growth yet
J
I normally do not write reviews, but I am a big proponent of using them to make purchases. The website rating on these were a 3 stars and the reason were melting. I skipped them originally and went through picking my other plants which were Anubias Broad White, Anubias Pinto, and Anubias Petite White. You can see my theme and I am a big fan of Bucephalandra and these fit the theme perfectly so I took the chance. All of the Anubias came in nice and healthy, but the Buce white Marble had already started melting. I'm not sure what if any will survive, but I have my fingers crossed cause they are unique and beautiful. These plants are sensitive. If you're purchasing and delivery time is 3 days or less, I would recommend. Anything over 3 days is a gamble.
R
I recieved my order late, but after recieving the order I was suprized to see that the plants looked to be in good shape, after being in the dark for 6 days. If the plants live i'll be satisfied.
C
My Buce arrived melted and in bad shape. It literally fell apart immediately. The package insulated really well. Not sure what happened.
B
The plant looked beautiful for 1 day. The next day, it all melted. I planted some in the substrte that did not have a rhizome and the others I put on wood. I have a medium light with co2 planted tank. Very disappointed. The other Buce that I purchased are doing fine.
C
My order got delayed for a few days and this plant did not like the cold at all. It was mush be the time it got to me. Don’t order this plant in winter time. I will order again in spring to get the one plant I really wanted in my order. Not happy at all but it’s the carrier fault not APF. Heat pack may have helped but it was none in the box.
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