Live Aquarium Plant for Low-Tech Aquascapes, Bucephalandra Peacock for Rock or Driftwood Placement

Give shaded areas and hardscape details a living focal point using Bucephalandra Peacock. This slow-growing, beginner-friendly aquarium plant has rounded leaves, prominent midribs, and tiny pale stomata dots that create a distinctive textured look under LED lighting.

Attach the rhizome to rock or driftwood, then place the plant in a nook, along a branch, or near a focal point. It can grow fully submerged in an aquarium or emersed in a humid terrarium, making it a flexible choice for different planted layouts.

Key Features

• Its low-tech care needs make this variety approachable for newer aquascapers and convenient for established low-maintenance tanks.
• Deep emerald mature leaves bring lasting greenery, while newer growth may show a metallic blue sheen under stable conditions for changing color and visual depth.
• A strong central midrib and tiny silver-toned stomata dots give each rounded leaf fine detail that stands out beneath aquarium lighting.
• The plant thrives in shaded areas, allowing pet parents to add natural interest to dimmer parts of a planted tank where some species may struggle.
• Submerged or emersed growth gives you freedom to use it in an aquarium or a humid terrarium while keeping a coordinated planted look.
• Its epiphytic growth habit lets you secure it to hardscape and arrange it around branches, rocks, and focal points without planting the rhizome in substrate.

Specifications

• Common name: Bucephalandra Peacock
• Family: Araceae
• Origin: Borneo (endemic)
• Skill level: Easy
• Growth rate: Slow
• Light: Low to medium
• CO2: Not necessary but recommended for faster growth
• pH range: 6.0–8.0
• Placement: Attach the rhizome to rock or driftwood
• Rhizome care: Do not bury in substrate
• Propagation: Divide the rhizome using sharp scissors
• Plant option: 6–10 leaves
• Mini Clump option: 3–5 plants
• Clump option: 5 mini clumps

Keep lighting and water conditions stable as the plant settles in, and Bucephalandra Peacock can become a richly detailed accent among your aquarium rocks and driftwood.