Description
The Long-leaf Barclaya is a classical aquarium plant, however it has become quite rare in the hobby in recent years. This magnificent underwater plant belongs to the Waterlily family (Nymphaeaceae) and is native to Southeast Asia where it occurs in clear streams with soft, acid water. Its elongate, almost arrow-shaped, wavy, soft leaves get more than 30 cm long and sit in a rosette on a tuber-like or elongate rhizome. There are olive-green or red colour variants; in both cases the leaf underside is a mauve colour. Our plants are partly delivered as tubers without leaves that will sprout in the aquarium. They may be green as well as red variants.
Characteristic
Magnificent rosette plant
Wavy, elongate leaves
Mauve leaf undersides
Relatively rare in trade
Category
Middle Ground
