



- Genus: Bolbitis
- Family: Lomariopsidaceae
- Structure: Rhizome
- Origin: Asia
- Height: 10-30 cm
- Width: 15-30 cm
- Light: Low - Medium
- Temp: 22-28 °C
- Ph: 6.0-7.0
- Difficulty: Very Hard
- Growth: Very Slow
This
tiny fern is sold under various trade names, e.g. e.g. "mini Bolbitis",
"Davallia spec." and "Bolbitis Davallia spec.". It has nothing to do
with the ferns of the genus Davallia but is a dwarf form of the widely
spread and extremely variable tropical Asian fern Bolbitis heteroclita.
It was originally described as a species of its own (Edanyoa difformis),
originates from the Philippine island Negros and has been in
horticultural cultivation for a long time. It has only recently been
discovered as aquarium plant, though.
Diverse small ferns of the
Hymenophyllaceae family are sold under the name "mini Bolbitis", though,
and it cannot be said exactly which species they belong to and whether
they are suitable for aquarium cultivation.
Bolbitis heteroclita
"difformis" grows best when cultivated as terrestrial plant, on
moderately moist soil, where it forms a low carpet of only up to around 7
cm in height with its creeping rhizomes. Its delicate pinnate leaves
remind a little of parsley. This fern is great for moist and warm
terraria and paludaria. When cultivated submersed, this fern grows
extremely slowly and forms distinctly smaller, coarser pinnate leaves
than the land form. It has a less vigorous growth habit than B.
heteroclita "cuspidata", which is also a small form of B. heteroclita.
Both ferns can be cultivated submersed, e.g. attached to lava rocks with
thread




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