Common Name
Japanese Blyxa, Japanese bamboo plant, Japanese rush
Description
Blyxa japonica is a plant that only grows under water. It is found in low ponds, swamps and slow-flowing forest streams with a high iron content in the subtropic and tropic zones of East and South-East Asia. It forms beautiful relatively low-growing to medium-high grasslike bushes with very narrow green to reddish leaves.
This Blyxa species is not overly difficult to cultivate if you fulfil some basic requirements: sufficient light (0.5-1 watts per litre or more), a CO2 supply and fertilisation with nitrate, phosphate, potassium and micronutrients. In an optimal environment and under sufficient light, the leaves will assume golden and reddish hues, and the plant will develop a more compact growth habit. Under insufficient light, B. japonica has a higher, lankier growth habit and it is green in colour.
Blyxa japonica grows exclusively submersed, in shallow ponds, in swamps and slow-flowing woodland rivers rich in iron, in subtropic and tropical regions of East and South-East Asia. Throughout its area of distribution, it can also be found in rice paddies. This Blyxa species has become a very familiar plant in the aquarium hobby due to its attractive, grasslike, bushy habit. Its cultivation is not especially difficult, if some basic requirements are met: sufficient light (0.5-1 watt per litre or more), CO2 supply and fertilisation with nitrate, phosphate, potassium and micronutrients. When cultivated in optimal conditions and under sufficient light, the plant displays golden and reddish hues and a more compact growth habit.
Source
Flowgrow
Characteristic
Forms grasslike bushes of medium height
Light green to reddish
Very popular in aquascaping
Complete Botanical Name
Blýxa japónica (Miq.) Maxim. ex Asch. & Gürke
Family
Hydrocharitaceae
Genus
Blyxa
Category
Middle Ground
Difficulty
medium
Growth
medium
Carbon Dioxide
need
pH Value
5-6
Temperature Tolerance
16-32℃
Carbonate Hardness
0-7 dKH
General Hardness
0-30 °dGH
Propagation
Seeds, Cuttings, Splitting, Cutting off daughter plants
Can Grow Emersed?
no
