Leaf colourgreen, bronze or brown +1
rhizome on stone and wood midground nano tank foreground
A rock-dwelling plant from Bornean waterfalls, kept like an anubias: tied to wood or stone, never buried. Narrow bright leaves with pale speckles and a faint blue cast.
- Light
- low–high
- Difficulty
- easy
Parameters
Plant typerhizome
Growth ratevery slow
Tolerates lightlow – high
pH4 – 7
Carbonate hardness0 – 14 °dKH
General hardness0 – 30 °dGH
Placementon stone and wood +3
Propagationrhizome division, division +1
Grows emersedyes
Appearance
Pointed bright green leaves on thin brown-yellow stalks. Under good light the surface picks up scattered white dots and a bluish tint through the middle of the leaf — closest in look to a cross between an anubias and a bucephalandra.
Keeping
Easy and very slow. Dim or bright light both work, carbon dioxide is optional. Because it comes from fast water it grips hardscape with unusually strong roots, so it is tied down once and left alone. As with all plants of this kind, the thick horizontal stem must stay above the substrate.
Placement
Tied or glued to wood and stone in the front or middle of the tank, including nano setups.
Propagation
By dividing the horizontal stem into pieces with several leaves each.
Fish and this plant
Water conditions match
The water suits 861 of 1249 species in the catalogue — these are the ones people look up most often.
ButterflyfishJulii CorydorasFeatherfin SynodontisRed-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 cichlid
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
Cultivars
The same plant with a different look: light, water and care are shared with the species.
Other varieties: Schismatoglottis roseospatha in Vitro