Re: [APD] Plant ID

["John T. Fitch" <JTFitch at FitchFamily_com>]

In repsonse to my request for a plant ID of:
http://www.fitchfamily.com/Aquarium/Plant_ID.jpg

Glen Skinner wrote:

> I have the same plant, purchased a few months ago.  It was unlabeled but 
> my
plant is definitely an Anubias.  My tentative identification is Anubias
barteri var. angustifolia, but I am by no means certain.  I get the feeling
that the taxonomy of Anubias is a little questionable anyway!
> See:
> http://www.tropica.dk/productcard_1.asp?id=101C


Dennis Dietz wrote:

>  I have some of this plant.  It was one of my first aquarium plants.  I
got it at PetCo under the name of Anubias afzelii.   All the literature I
have ever seen refers to A. afzelii as a */much/* larger plant but this
one stays very small, leaves no longer then 2" under every conceivable
light or nutrient situation.   It does grow incredibly slowly, on the
order of 1 leaf every few months in conditions where the A nana, petite,
barteri, golden, marbled, coffeefolia, and Gabon all put out several
leaves a week (more or less).

Cameron James wrote:

>  ...being from Africa myself and having a passion at the moment
for Anubias, I can positively ID it as Anubias barteri var. glabra. Comes
from Nigeria & Cameroon. It reaches 15-35 cm of height. It was formerly
named Anubias lanceolata.

Well, it's probably one or another of those listed above.  They all look 
very similar to me.  Thanks to those who wrote.

John T. Fitch
www.fitchfamily.com/aquarium.html

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