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Aroids Partly documented

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia

A Sumatran water trumpet with broad, heart-shaped olive-green leaves, grown both submersed in aquaria and emersed in paludaria. It is one of the more forgiving Cryptocoryne, tolerating moderately hard water, but like the genus it resents sudden changes and may melt after moving.

Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. S.Tanaka~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodAquatic

Where it grows wild

Grows rooted in muddy or sandy beds of shaded forest streams and their flooded margins in lowland Sumatra, submersed in high water and emersed when levels drop, as is typical for the genus.

The single climate site sits near 80 m in the central Sumatran lowlands; lowland stream habitat is consistent with the genus.

Sumatra

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.