About Cryptocoryne wendtii 'Pink Flamingo'
A prized pink cultivar crypt that needs light and CO2 to hold color.
Benefits from more deliberate care.
Around 10 hours is a useful starting point.
Can grow without it, but responds noticeably to supplementation.
Low trimming needs.
A prized pink cultivar crypt that needs light and CO2 to hold color.
The useful numbers and practical notes, grouped around how you actually keep the plant.
Plant the crown just above the substrate; roots feed heavily.
Runners / daughter plants
Prone to "crypt melt" after a move or parameter change; usually regrows from the rhizome — leave it be.
Crypt melt after replanting or sudden parameter swings; slow to establish.
Matched from the PlantLab database using light, CO₂, difficulty, feeding demand and placement.