



- Scientific Name: Hemianthus Umbrosum
- Difficulty: Easy
- CO2 Requirements: Low
- Lighting Requirements: Medium
- Plant Arrangement: Variable
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Family: Scrophulariaceae
- Genus: Hemianthus
- Origin: North and South America
- Plant Type: Stem
- Water Hardness: Medium (GH = 9-13 dH)
History:
Hemianthus Umbrosum is beautiful aquatic plant known for its bright
light green coloration and tiny round leaves. Found naturally growing in
the waterways of Southeastern United States and Central America. It
remains a popular aquarium plant for aquascapers attempting to create
Nature Aquarium or Dutch influenced aquascapes.
Growth
Characteristics: Hemianthus Umbrosum is an easy to grow stem plant that
will grow well in a wide range of water conditions, tank parameters, and
fertilization schemes. At minimum, moderate lighting should be
provided to allow the leaves to grow into a rich bright green. It can
be grown with or without carbon dioxide, and minimum fertilization, but
will grown extensively with these supplements. Occasionally leaves may
turn brown indicating either poor lighting or insufficient nutrients.
The
stems will grow to a height of 2-8 inches (5-20 cm) with four tiny
round leaves per node. Propagation is like any ordinary stem plant. It
can be cut in half with bottoms left in the substrate to sprout side
shoots. The tops can be replanted.
Aquascaping Application:
Hemianthus Umbrosum is a multipurpose plant that can fit in any part of
the aquarium. In small aquariums, this plant makes a perfect background
or mid-ground plant. The small leaf structure will make the aquarium
appear larger than it is. While in large aquariums, in greater
densities Hemianthus Umbrosum can be planted in the foreground or
mid-ground to accent and fill holes in an aquascape.
This plant
is best planted in small to medium size clusters, stem by stem, into the
substrate. From there, it may be trimmed according to the aquascaping
style desired. Hemianthus Umbrosum response very well to trimming, and
can be groomed to grow in a lush bush, or even a more manicured mound
such as the ones found in Dutch aquascapes.
In some cases,
hobbyists have trained Hemianthus Umbrosum to grow horizontally to form a
dense carpet. High light is needed in order to do this, and regular
trimming of the emerging horizontal side shoots.
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- Model:
- Weight: 0.04kg
- SKU: 15-10A-036




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