Bucephalandra motleyana "Braun-rot narrow"

Bucephalandra motleyana 'Braun-rot narrow' is an older name for an epiphytic plant from Borneo that is now listed as Bucephalandra sp. 'Braun-rot narrow'.¹ It is a selection from the plants that Wim Tomey collected near Serimbu in West Kalimantan and that were passed on among aquarists from 2004 onwards.¹² According to Wong & Boyce (2014) it does not belong to B. motleyana; that species is known only from the material Motley collected in south-eastern Kalimantan, and it is not in cultivation.¹³

Its leaves are very narrowly lanceolate, more elongated and softer than in 'Braun-rot', with margins that are at most slightly wavy.¹ Submersed, the rhizome tends to creep and turns upwards at the tip; the plant grows slowly.¹²

1. Bucephalandra sp. 'Braun-rot narrow' – Flowgrow aquatic plant database (accessed 5 October 2026)
2. Bucephalandra: viele neue Arten? (H. Muth) – Aquasabi aquascaping wiki (accessed 5 October 2026)
3. Kasselmann, C. (2019): Aquarienpflanzen. 4th edition (German). - Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart: p. 191.