Want Buce color in a nano tank? Red Mini keeps the deep ruby-to-bronze tone and metallic sheen of a full-size Bucephalandra on leaves an inch or two across. It attaches to wood or stone, needs no substrate, and stays small enough not to swamp a small layout. What You’ll Receive Sold as loose Bare-Root or Potted plants: 1 Bare-Root: Approximately 6+ leaves 5 Bare-Root: Approximately 25+ leaves total 10 Bare-Root: Approximately 50+ leaves total 1 Potted: Approximately 6+ leaves 5 Potted: Approximately 25+ leaves total 10 Potted: Approximately 50+ leaves total Plant Profile Common name — Red Mini Buce Scientific name — Bucephalandra sp. 'Red Mini' Origin — Borneo Placement — Foreground to midground, on wood or stone Mature height — 1–3 in Growth rate — Slow Care Difficulty — Beginner Light — Low to medium. RGB lighting shows the red best CO₂ — Not required. It deepens color and speeds growth, nothing more Water — 72–82°F · pH 6.0–7.5 Substrate — Not required. Attaches to hardscape Growth habit — Amphibious. Also grows emersed in paludariums Propagation — Rhizome division Grower’s Notes Never bury the rhizome. Roots may sit in substrate; the rhizome cannot. Buried, it rots — the usual way an expensive Buce is lost. Light color matters more than intensity here. The red and bronze read strongest under RGB or full-spectrum lighting; under warm white the same plant looks muddy brown. Color builds over months. It arrives greener than the photos and darkens as it converts to submerged growth. Keep light moderate. It grows too slowly to outpace algae, so a bright spot means algae settles faster than the plant replaces leaves. Farm-raised, not wild-collected. All the Bucephalandra we carry is farm-grown, and much of it is raised from tissue culture rather than collected from Borneo. Want to go deeper? Read our complete Bucephalandra Care Guide. Notes Like most Bucephalandra species, minor leaf melt may occur after introduction as the plant adjusts to new water parameters. This is normal and temporary — new submersed leaves will regrow from the rhizome once the plant stabilizes. Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.
