Melawi Bucephalandra
Melawi Bucephalandra
'Melawi’ is a Bucephalandra prized for compact, dark leaves that shimmer with fine iridescent spots under the right light. Like all buce it’s a slow-growing rhizome plant — attach it to wood or rock rather than burying the rhizome, and it will slowly creep across the hardscape. Tough and low-light tolerant, it brings jewel-like detail to nano and nature scapes.
Care level: Easy-Moderate · Placement: Epiphyte (on wood/rock) · Lighting: Low-Medium · CO2: Beneficial · Growth rate: Slow · Propagation: rhizome division
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Bucephalandra sp.
- Common name
- Melawi Bucephalandra
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Care level
- Easy-Moderate
When it ships
Most non-quarantined stock goes out the week you order. If we do not already have the animal in-house we source it first — allow up to two weeks for it to reach us. Live animals leave Monday and Tuesday, and Early AM Overnight is the only service that carries a live arrival guarantee.
The live guarantee
Shipped Early AM Overnight: a 1-hour DOA window from confirmed delivery, and nothing beyond it. Next Day Air and 2-Day carry no live arrival guarantee, and neither does USPS Priority. Local pickup or local delivery: 24 hours, if you bring a water sample from your aquarium and we test it before the animal goes home. Maintenance clients: 60 days when we service the aquarium at least twice a month, 28 days on a monthly plan.
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