Leaf colourred
Native range
- Bolivia
- Brazil Northeast
- Brazil North
- Brazil Southeast
- Brazil West-Central
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico Gulf
- Mexico Southeast
- Mexico Southwest
- Nicaragua
- Panamá
- Peru
- Suriname
- Venezuela
stem plant midground background red accent
Fine orange-red leaves radiating from the stem in wheels. One of the most beautiful red plants in the hobby, and one that tells you immediately when anything is wrong.
- Light
- high
- Difficulty
- medium
- Temperature
- 18 – 30 °C
Parameters
Plant typestem plant
Growth ratefast
pH4 – 7
Carbonate hardness0 – 8 °dKH
General hardness0 – 30 °dGH
Placementmidground, background +1
Propagationcuttings
Grows emersedyes
Appearance
Narrow leaves spread out in whorls around a slender stem, in shades from orange to deep red. In a group the wheels of leaves overlap and the whole clump looks like a red cloud.
Keeping
Demanding on every count at once: strong light, soft water, carbon dioxide and steady feeding. It reacts to changes quickly — leaves shrink, colour fades, the top stops growing — which is a useful signal but a hard one to answer. Growth is fast, so the shape of the clump changes constantly and pruning is a weekly job.
Placement
The middle or back of the tank as a centrepiece, in a group. It is a plant for a tank that is already stable, not for a new one.
Propagation
By cuttings: cut the top and plant it. Success depends on conditions rather than technique — in a good tank the cuttings take without trouble.
Fish and this plant
Water conditions match
The water suits 841 of 1249 species in the catalogue — these are the ones people look up most often.
ButterflyfishJulii CorydorasRed-finned ParotocinclusGastromyzon monticolaEgg-shaped GoldfishFlame TetraGardner's KillifishAfrican TetraHypsolebias picturatusCommon ZaccoLabeo BicolorGambusiaFlying barbGastromyzon scitulusAlbino Zebra DanioGeophagus BrokopondoHomaloptera bilineataRed-tailed RasboraBoraras naevusLampeye KillifishSpotted Raphael CatfishCorydoras melanotaeniaFestivum cichlidPseudomugil paskai
Will eat this plant
These species damage plants, especially when their diet is short of vegetable food.
Bengal LoachZebra LoachBurmese Border LoachEmperor BotiaMarbled HeadstanderPellegrin's LeporinusLeporinus striatusFalse Black TetraCommon MetynnisMylossoma duriventreRed Whiptail CatfishMoonlight GouramiMelanotaenia parva
Will uproot it
These species dig through the substrate and pull rooted plants out.
Marble LoachPeacock EelForktail LoachGuntea LoachLong-nosed LoachHorseface LoachPearlscaleBlack Moor GoldfishShubunkinPainted PlecoFeatherfin SynodontisReddish Mystus CatfishBlue AcaraGeophagus altifronsGeophagus winemilleriPearl CichlidRed-spotted CichlidHaplochromis philanderRed ChromideJack Dempsey cichlid
Cultivars
The same plant with a different look: light, water and care are shared with the species.
Other varieties: Ludwigia inclinata "Green", Ludwigia inclinata "Red", Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata "Araguaia", Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata "Cuba", Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'Curly', Ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata "Pantanal", Ludwigia inclinata var verticillata Cuba, Ludwigia inclinata var verticillata Pantanal, Ludwigia inclinata var verticillata Pantanal in Vitro, Ludwigia inclinata var verticillata White, Ludwigia inclinata var verticillata Cuba in Vitro, Ludwigia inclinata var verticillata White in Vitro, Ludwigia inclinata var verticillata Meta, Ludwigia inclinata var verticillata Meta in Vitro, Ludwigia Inclinata var. Verticillata 'Pantanal', Ludwigia Inclinata var. Verticillata ‘Meta’, Ludwigia Inclinata Green, Ludwigia Inclinata Cuba