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more links to botanical sites
| updated April 2005 |
This page is restricted to a few sites for it is
difficult to maintain. The best way to find out what's going on, is to use a search engine
like Google or some other (see the homepage). As you may get over thousand hits, refine
the query. For example Cryptocoryne + Singapore will give you interesting hits. Comments are welcome at:  Jan D.
Bastmeijer: crypts (at) xs4all (dot) nl |
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Sometimes you need help in reading a foreign language. For me it turned out to be pretty handsome with this translator engine to translate Japanese to English. |
| Mailing and discussing groups | |
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A rather new site for 'Crypts nuts' with up to date group discussion software. A by Art Giacosa moderated list with pictures! |
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When you are involved with Crypts, you must subscribe on the crypts mailing list. The list is maintained by Richard Sexton from Canada. This is the forum to exchange opinions, information etc. Click on the logo to subscribe. The site is also useful for looking the archives. |
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Provides the archives of aquatic-plants@actwin.com. A very busy mailgroup on general issues of aquatic plants. You can subscribe on this list. |
| Hobbyclubs, magazines and catalogues on (tropical aquatic) plants | |
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Dutch Waterplant Society (WAP) is one of the oldest water plant societies in Europe.
Members assemble quarterly to discuss and exchange plants. They issue a small magazine on
the communications at the meetings, mostly in Dutch. No homepage available. Look at Het Aquarium (of the Dutch Aquarium Society (NBAT) to see
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leading magazine for western Europe. It covers all aquatic plants and presents a good deal
on Cryptocoryne. Aqua Planta is produced now by Karin Lehmann of the 'Arbeitskreis Wasserpflanzen' in the VDA ( the German union of aquarium clubs). See the local Regionalgruppe Nordbayern for information (in German)  See on the VDA logo (right) for the German Aquarium Society (in German). Use the Babel translator when you don't read German. |
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Claus Kettner
of the Swiss Plant group Aqua Planta Turicum issues yearly the report of the European
Cryptocoryne Society and has some extra links to collection trips.
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The Aquatic
Gardener (TAG) is the international magazine of the Aquatic Gardening Association
(AGA). The AGA maintains a mailgroup on aquatic plants. It is very interesting to subscribe for some months on this mailgroup. Hardly on Crypts, but on general issues as algae, lighting, CO2. |
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Aqua Journal of Aqua
Design Amano. A very nice magazine about aquarium culture in Japan. The issue left is
Vol. 9, March 1995, special devoted on Cryptocoryne and is probably out of stock
The magazine has now an English edition. |
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Tropica's catalogue has splendid drawings of aquarium plants and some nice Amano pictures of show aquaria. The list with Cryptocoryne is not so big. |
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Oriental's Aquarium Plant Handbook is very nice illustrated with photographs. The text is good, with a part on the cultivation of aquarium plants. Much more Cryptocoryne. |
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Dwarf Beautiful Fish and Water Plants Graphics Magazine
MiNiMa is the full name of this magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 3 has a 21 page article by
Yuji Sasaki from the Rayon Vert Firm on Cryptocoryne.
Beautiful pictures of biotopes and flowering plants. Probably not easy to get a back
issue, a help may be the ISBN 4-938780-75-5, Pisces Publishers, Tokyo, Japan. As navigating is not easy in Japanese, see f.e.: http://www.rva.ne.jp/gallary2/cryptocoryne/ or http://www.rva.ne.jp/gallery/picture/crypto/ |
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Center for Aquatic Plants Univ. of Florida Most contributions to local flora, but it is an interesting site to investigate. They have many useful links. |
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The Krib is a very old (1994) aquarium website and gives very much information on Crypts. Lots of articles, pictures and other links makes this site one of the best in the hobby! |
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The International Aroid Society has an interesting site, mainly on ornamental aroids and issues the nice magazine Aroideana. There have a mailgroup on aroids, but Crypts are clearly not favorite plants for them (up to now). Lot of links for Aroid lovers. The History of current research in Aroids also gives a review on Cryptocoryne. |
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It must be mentioned that Japan is the first country with a real fan club: the Japanese Cryptocoryne Fan Club. Its looks very fine but the worse thing is that I cannot read it, as many Japanese page are monolingual. Lots of links to Japanese growers of Cryptocoryne. |
| Plant nurseries and retailers | |
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Tropica is a well known nursery in Denmark who has a worldwide net of retailers. They offer good plants with the right names, even for crypts. Visiting their site, you can see where you can buy their plants in your own country. The have a good catalogue. |
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The Rayon Vert Aqua site is maintained by Yuji Sasaki from Japan. He traveled lots of time in Sarawak and Kalimantan and shows very interesting pictures of their habitats including data. Lots of links to Japanese hobbyists. |
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Oriental Aquarium is Singapore based. This company has also farms in Malaysia and China and offers good aquatic plants. Taxonomy for Crypts is good. Their Cryptocoryne offerings are among the best I know. |
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Dennerle nursery in Germany has a good collection of crypts. Taxonomy is a little out of date, but gives no problems. Plants can be ordered from various retailers. |
some more links to botanical sites