Bucephalandra motleyana "Pancuraji"

Bucephalandra motleyana 'Pancuraji' is an older name for an epiphytic plant from Borneo that Flowgrow now lists as Bucephalandra sp. 'Pancur Aji'.¹ The name probably derives from Pancur Aji, a waterfall in Sanggau regency, West Kalimantan.¹² Flowgrow first placed it in B. motleyana following Bogner & Hay (2000); in the narrower concept of Wong & Boyce (2014) it does not belong there, and its species is unresolved.¹ True B. motleyana is documented only by Motley's collection from south-eastern Kalimantan and is not in cultivation.³

For a Bucephalandra it grows fairly large; under water its sturdy rhizome tends to grow upright.¹ The tough, mid- to dark green leaves are oblanceolate to obovate, and newly emerging ones may be tinged reddish brown.¹ It grows very slowly, is considered easy and is propagated by dividing the rhizome.¹

1. Bucephalandra sp. 'Pancur Aji' – 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.