Description
This plant from the Dayflower family (Commelinaceae) was found in the Netherlands in a plant shipment from Cameroon. Up to now, it is apparently virtually unknown in the aquarium hobby. It is probably Floscopa glomerata, an amphibious species of wet places such as riversides and swamps that is widely distributed in tropical Africa. There are several further African Floscopa species that likewise grow in wetlands. Until our plant is reliably determined, we write the name with a "cf. ". It is able to grow above and under water. In contrast to Floscopa cf. scandens, F. cf. glomerata does not grow strictly upright. The older stem parts lay down, rooting at the nodes, while the shoot tips grow ascending. Side shoots appear on the nodes. The leaves are narrowly lanceolate, slightly wavy and variable in shape, submerged ones can be be very narrow. The stems are brownish, the leaves medium to-especially in the submerged form-light green, partly also with brownish tones.
Characteristic
Hardly known Commelinaceae from Africa
Light green leaves
Suitable for the foreground and midground
Category
Middle Ground
Carbon Dioxide
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