zz Lagenandra ovata
Photo: Matt Salmond
Lagenandra ovata
- Scientific Name
- Lagenandra ovata
- Origin
- India & Sri Lanka
- Temperature (°C)
- 19 - 26
- pH range
- 6.5 - 7.2
- Hardness (ppm)
- 30 - 180
- Light
- Medium
- Height
- 200mm
- Difficulty
- Demanding
- Notes
- Emersed leaves can be 90cm long and 10cm wide. Submersed leaves are only 20cm and no more than 7.5cm wide. This plant is too robust to make a good aquarium exhibit.
- Propagation
- Similar to Cryptocorynes but in poor medium and moderate light to prevent the leaves growing out of the water
- Source
- FNZAS