Bucephalandra 'Kedagang'

Bucephalandra 'Kedagang' is a well-known cultivar in the botanical and aquascaping hobbies. It is characterized by small, narrow, lanceolate leaves with strongly ruffled margins. The upper leaf surfaces are dark (almost blue-black to deep olive green) with a metallic iridescence and fine silver speckling. The leaf undersides and creeping rhizomes are reddish-purple. It is a slow-growing rheophyte that grows submerged or emersed in high humidity, anchoring itself to rocks or wood via its root system.

Native range

Endemic to the island of Borneo, growing as a rheophyte on basalt rocks along fast-flowing rainforest streams in shaded valleys.

Classification

Genus

Bucephalandra

Family

Araceae

Type

Cultivar

Growth habit

Creeping rheophytic rhizome

Morphology

Leaf shape

Narrowly lanceolateLance-shaped leaves that are significantly longer than they are wide, tapering to a point at the tip. to elliptic with ruffled margins

Leaf length

2-4 cm

Leaf width

0.5-1 cm

Petiole colour

Reddish-purple

Venation

Faint central midrib, covered in glistening stomatal dots

Texture

Leathery, firm, with iridescent metallic sheen

Variegation

None

Growth habit

Creeping rhizome creeping over rocky substrates, attaching via fine anchor roots