RE: C. beckettii submersed inflorescence

[Tony Eales <s328962 at student_uq.edu.au>]

My C. beckettii  flowers submersed once every three months or so, usually 
if I neglect the tank for a week or two.  I bought mine as C. "undulata" 
which it looks nothing like but at the time I knew no better. I looked at 
the inflorescences pictured at http://users.bart.nl/~crypts/ for most 
common crypts and along with the leaf shape I'm almost certain it is C. 
beckettii. I have a picture of the developing inflorescence from my tank 
here http://www.pbase.com/image/8414351
The "classic" leaf shape for  C. beckettii is here 
http://users.bart.nl/~crypts/Gallery/bec/bec_k.jpg
Although I haven't tried it you could try lowerng the water level next time 
you see an inflorescence developing and try to get it to open properly, 
maybe even some photos would be good:)
Congratulations

Tony Eales
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