Description
Cryptocoryne × willisii 'Lucens' Tissue Culture
A narrow-leaved green crypt supplied in clean tissue culture, forming a compact foreground-to-midground rosette that can gradually spread into a natural group.
Quick Facts
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Scientific name: Cryptocoryne × willisii 'Lucens'
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Placement: Foreground to midground
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Growth: Slow to moderate
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Light: Low to medium
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CO₂: Optional
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Difficulty: Easy
Is this for you?
Choose Lucens if you like the durability of Cryptocoryne but want a finer, narrower leaf shape than many larger crypt varieties.
Why choose it?
Its compact grassy-rosette appearance makes it useful as a transition between true carpeting plants and larger midground species.
Benefits
- Narrow green foliage
- Suitable for low-tech tanks
- Can slowly form colonies through runners
- Useful foreground-to-midground scale
Care made simple
Remove the gel, separate the culture into small portions and plant the roots into the substrate. Keep crowns exposed and provide root nutrition. Growth may be slow initially while the plants establish.
What You'll Receive
One tissue-culture cup. Plantlet density and size vary naturally.
Pairs perfectly with
Use with larger Cryptocoryne, small Anubias, moss-covered wood and fine carpeting plants for layered depth.
NTA Insight
Lucens is better treated as a slow, natural coloniser than a rapid carpet. Give it time and stable conditions rather than expecting instant coverage.
FAQ
Will it carpet the foreground?
It can spread and form groups, but it is slower and more open than classic carpeting plants such as Monte Carlo.
Does it need CO₂?
No, although CO₂ may increase growth.
Can it melt after planting?
Yes. As with other crypts, older leaves may be lost during transition while new adapted foliage develops.