🌿 Cryptocoryne willisii – Graceful Midground Rosette Plant

Vitro Culture® | 4-Inch Bag | Yield: Multiple Small Plantlets

Cryptocoryne willisii is a graceful and adaptable aquatic plant native to Sri Lanka, widely admired for its narrow, lanceolate leaves and clumping rosette form. A member of the Araceae family, this species was once grouped with Cryptocoryne nevillii but has since earned its place as a distinct and easy-to-maintain crypt. Its green to olive-brown leaves and moderate growth habit make it a perfect choice for midground coverage or subtle foreground accents in nano tanks.

Cultivated using advanced tissue culture methods, our Vitro Culture® format ensures a healthy, algae-free, and pest-free start for your aquascape.

🌟 Key Features:

• Scientific Name: Cryptocoryne willisii

• Synonyms: Cryptocoryne nevillii var. willisii

• Common Name: Willis’s Crypt, Narrow Leaf Crypt

• Leaf Shape & Color: Long, narrow green to olive leaves with wavy edges

• Growth Habit: Low rosette; forms dense clusters over time

🌱 Growth & Propagation:

• Lighting Needs: Low to moderate

• CO₂ & Fertilizers: Not required, but enhanced growth with CO₂ and nutrients

• Growth Method: Submerged

• Nutrient Substrate: Required for best development

• Can Be Grown Emersed: Yes

🖼️ Aquascaping Benefits:

• Adds texture and contrast with its fine, ribbon-like leaves

• Ideal for natural-style midground placement in nano to large tanks

• Excellent for low-tech or shrimp-focused setups

📦 What You’ll Receive:

One 4-inch sealed Vitro Culture® bag containing healthy Cryptocoryne willisii plantlets—ready to rinse, acclimate, and plant in your aquarium.

⚠️ Disclaimer:

Tissue culture plants may undergo Crypt melt when introduced to new tank conditions. This is a normal process of adaptation. With stable parameters and time, they will regrow beautifully from the roots.

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

Never release Cryptocoryne willisii—or any aquarium plant—into natural waterways. Doing so can disrupt local ecosystems. Dispose of any 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.