TCulture Bucephalandra Theia (Pot)

Description

Common Name: Bucephalandra Theia
Bucephalandra Theia is a beautiful farmed variant of Bucephalandra. Buce Theia is an easy plant and can be grown emersed or submerged in an aquarium, terrarium or paludarium. A great choice for beginners, it can adapt to a wide range of water parameters. Like other Buce species, this plant is a very slow grower and sprouts new leaves from long, thin rhizomes. It can be propagated by cutting the rhizome and attached to driftwood and rocks using super glue gel or thread.

TCulture Bucephalandra Theia in a Singapore aquascape

Theia is one of the easier farmed Bucephalandra selections, which makes it a sensible entry point for hobbyists curious about buce but wary of the fussier locality types. It adapts readily and, like all buce, draws nutrients from the water rather than its roots, so the rhizome stays mounted on driftwood or stone and is never buried. That habit fits our soft, slightly acidic SG tap water perfectly and means it performs well in low-tech tanks without injected CO2.

True to the genus it is a slow grower that sprouts new leaves from long, thin rhizomes, so propagation is simply a matter of cutting the rhizome and re-attaching the piece. In our warm 27-29C tanks, give it moderate light and gentle flow to keep algae off the slowly renewing leaves, and expect a short settling-in melt after planting before fresh growth appears. Its adaptability makes it a reliable, beginner-friendly accent for nano and shrimp tanks alike.

Browse our full epiphytes collection. Our Bucephalandra Theia care guide covers its specifics, and our plant glue gel guide shows the tidiest way to mount and propagate it.