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Cryptocoryne moehlmannii de Wit |
An excellent aquarium plant, easy to grow, easy to multiply. Collected twice in west Sumatra near Sasok. There are hardly differences with Cryptocoryne
pontederiifolia, only the limb being more twisted oblique, having a relative low collar zone.
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Cultivated specimen. Note the somewhat tapered leaves.
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 634 |
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The same plant with more broad ovate leaves. Too many plants in the pot!
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 634
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The typical spathe with a short tube and the twisted, oblique limb.
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 285 |
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In one year the plant made several runners, filling the pot.
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 634
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An inflorescence of C. moehlmannii.
This form is collected near Sasok in western Sumatra. Note the twisted, oblique limb of
the spathe.
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 285
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A rather old inflorescence (3-4 days) with the
limb nearly at right angles. This specimen has a distinct yellow colour of the limb.
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 634
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A more wide open limb of the spathe showing the small collar zone.
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 634
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A longitudinal section of the spathe. Note the constriction in the kettle just below the male flowers (the flap is lost).
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 634
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Opened spathe of C. moehlmannii. Note the the red dots in the tube - not common. The
whole kettle is exactly like C. pontederiifolia.
coll Jähn s.n., cult B 600
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Herbarium sheet of the Meijer 3505 collection in
the Herbarium of Leiden (L). This material was collected near Sasok in 1955.
coll. Meijer 3505
Nationaal Herbarium Leiden
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De Wit (1990) gives this fine drawing of C.
moehlmannii
coll Jähn s.n.
drawing Y.F. Tan
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Distribution C. moehlmannii in Western
Sumatra.
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Probably all C. moehlmannii plants in cultivation descend from one collection made in 1977 by Jähn, who shipped them to Möhlmann.
At that time the only known form of Cryptocoryne
pontederiifolia was with the broad, pure yellow limb with a very high collar zone. See the page
on C. pontederiifolia.
The plant is named in honour to Friedrich Möhlmann (1920-1991),
an excellent grower of Cryptocoryne.
Möhlmann, Jacobsen and Bogner (left to right)
at the Cryptocoryne meeting in Hildesheim (D) in 1986.
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Literature.
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numbers and taxonomy in Cryptocoryne (Araceae).II. Nord.J.Bot. 2 : 453-463.
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Gunung-Leuser-Nationalpark (Sumatra, Indonesien), 2. Teil. Cryptocoryne moehlmannii De
Wit. Aqua-Planta 2-97 : 43-50.document service
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90-95.
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beilage).
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