Cryptocoryne Species Journal

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In this "thread" I hope to document (with the help of as many that will) the growth and appearance of cryptocoryne Species submerged as I have not been able to find anywhere where you can see the submerged form of many crypts. So I will start with my Cryptocoryne Albida Costata. It is all green when it is emergent and is turning reddish orange with a cool pattern in my substrate with a good amount of iron. The oldest leaves slowly melt away but the newer leaves slowly can meet to submerged growth. If you wish to post your crypts please give everyone the Species and variant of you can thank you all in advance. 

[Irene]

This is my Cryptocoryne lutea that I got from Aquarium Co-Op. The leaves look like smooth-edged, elongated ovals and remind me of a slightly bigger, faster-growing version of crypt parva. Very hardy - even when my entire collection of crypt wendtii all melted because I changed my fertilizer dosing routine, this little bugger stood by me. I currently have it in the foreground of my low tech tank, and it continues to produce new leaves for me all the time.

This is what it looked like when I first bought it:

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7 minutes ago, Irene said:

This is my Cryptocoryne lutea that I got from Aquarium Co-Op. The leaves look like smooth-edged, elongated ovals and remind me of a slightly bigger, faster-growing version of crypt parva. Very hardy - even when my entire collection of crypt wendtii all melted because I changed my fertilizer dosing routine, this little bugger stood by me. I currently have it in the foreground of my low tech tank, and it continues to produce new leaves for me all the time.

This is what it looked like when I first bought it:

That's awesome. The lutea I got from co-op has been under strong light and green water for about 6 months now and some of the leaves look like the Walkeri variant (completely dark red leaves) but the green came back when I transferred it to a different setup.