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RE: foxtail a.k.a. limnophilia indica / Limnophilia aquatica
Hello All:
> Subject: RE: foxtail a.k.a. limnophilia indica / Limnophilia aquatica
>
> :) hope this help in your foxtail experience :) As you know it's a very
> bush plant. I have it listed as an ambulia, requires strong light and
> difficult to grow. Also have "will display compact, luxuriant growth
> only if the light is good and if iron-containing fertilizer is added
> regulary"
>
> Family: Scrophulariacea (figwort family); range: india, sri lanka;
> tollerates soft water better than hard water; light 75 wats / 25 gallon
> (100L), water: 75_F-80_F, 3_-12_ dCH; ph 6.5-7.5; Propagation is done
> by cutting ;) of the top 5-6 inches; oh and it also states it's
> recomened for HIGH tanks, so this rules out my 20L tank :~( Goes on to
> say that placment is great in front of a dark background and growth is
> compact if conditions are good, apparently you have good conditions for
> this plant and I would suggest that you just trim it back and start
> filling up a corner with it :)
Just a thought here. What I know as Foxtail is Ceratophylum. It turns
reddish under high light conditions.
Jacques
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Jacques Gerber
Botany Department
Rhodes University
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South Africa
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