Anubias barteri var. nana size question

[hovmoller]

About a year ago I bought a few Anubias barteri var. nana.

They looked like this:

Now they have been through a few setups and now only grow very short and with much smaller leaves like this:

So my question is:

What affects their length/leaf size?

They have been in the same tank all along (Juwel Rio 300 with 2 Juwel T5's Daylight and Nature)

[supasi]

Most likely it was grown emersed before you bought it.

The smaller growth is typical of submersed growth.

[hovmoller]

Ahaaaa.. Thanks Simon.. I was hoping you would comment

[DennisP]

I did the same thing, cut off the small shoots and replanted them. They do get bigger eventually. Well the new leaves that grow do.

[FuglyDragon]

light level seems to effect leaf size too, more light = larger leaves

[Zev]

I agree with FuglyDragon, I have a barteri var. nana petite that had sub 10mm leaves in a very low light situation, now it is placed higher in a tank with more lighting and the leaves are about 25mm long - about the same size as my barteri var. nana at the bottom of the tank :-?

[phoenix44]

I would have expected the opposite to happen. Weird.