Nymphoides aquatica
Submersed Juvenile — Photo: Alan Minnery
Banana Plant
- Scientific Name
- Nymphoides aquatica
- Origin
- USA
- Temperature (°C)
- 20 - 25
- pH range
- 6.5 - 7.2
- Hardness (ppm)
- 30 - 150
- Light
- Medium
- Height
- 200 - 700mm
- Difficulty
- Demanding
- Notes
- A bunch of green tubercles grow from the short rootstock looking much like bananas or dahlia corms. These are organs where the plant stores its food reserves. An attractive addition to any tank which grows rampantly in ideal conditions.
- Propagation
- Usually by vegetative means ? young adventive plants spring from separate leaves or cuttings
- Source
- FNZAS