Common Name: Bucephalandra Red Cherry
Buce ‘Red Cherry’ is a beginner-friendly, low-tech aquarium plant featuring small, elongated leaves with distinct crinkled edges and a rich color palette, highly prized for its deep reddish-brown and maroon tones, which reveal a brilliant iridescent sheen when grown under high-quality LED lighting. It can be grown submerged or emersed, usually attached to hardscape such as driftwood or rocks rather than being buried in traditional aquarium substrate. This variety is a great choice for the foreground of freshwater aquascapes, slowly sprouting from thin rhizomes to create a dense, warm-toned colony within a planted tank.
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Family Name: Araceae
Origin: Borneo (Endemic)
Skill Level: Easy
Growth Rate: Slow
Light: Low to Medium
CO2: Not necessary but recommended
pH Range: 6.0 – 7.5
Propagation: Divide the rhizome with sharp scissors
Overall rating: 4.7213116 / 5 from 61 reviews.
Bucephalandra Red Cherry is a small, slow-growing aquarium plant with elongated, crinkled leaves in deep green to reddish-brown hues. It thrives under low to medium lighting with CO2 injection and requires careful aquarium conditions to prevent decay.
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"Beautiful, leaves are full and the quality is is great! Can't wait for the look of it when it gets full!! Plan to order Bucephalandras"
"Quality plant ,acclimating well,happy with purchase"
"Gorgeous Plant"
"Very cute buce and true to the description. Got 3 plants from the mini clump, all of which are healthy."
"Arrived in great condition, healthy. It's in its new home, so we'll see how it goes. Beautiful plant."
"The plants arrived in great shape! I loved the selection, and my favorite is the Dark Skeleton King. I have something for every area of the tank now, and I can't wait to see them established in a couple more weeks. Thank you again!"
"All the plants arrived in amazing shape but there was one problem. I spent 30 minutes a day for a week removing snails from my tank just to have them reintroduced into my tank by these plants. Remember to wash the plants off future buyers!!"
"They arrived in great shape and are doing great"
"Fairly healthy plants. Couple of leaves fell off but that's expected. I'm sure they will bounce back in no time."
"They gave me 5 or 6 small pieces so that's pretty cool. The plants came looking fine, no issues at all. My only issue is that I wanted it to look like the plant in the first picture. Mine looks like the plant in the second picture. They look like different plants. I see red and light green leaves in the first picture. Mine came dark leaves and green rhizomes like in the second picture. I have plenty of buce that looks this way, I was hoping for some popping red and lighter leaves than the rest. Maybe it's the light is better in the first picture. I don't know. But again, what i received was in excellent condition and packaging. I'm not upset with my purchase at all and if it matures into the plant in the first picture then I'm sorry, I didn't know, 5 stars, love ya Buce."
