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Growing L. Aromatica In My Tank


This is L. Aromatica growing from emersed form in my tank.


This is L. Aromatica growing from submersed form in the same tank.


After a while, the stems reached the surface, and the cuttings from both emersed and submersed growth, all planted together. No noticeable differences. Due to my heavy NO3 dosing and lack of FE dosing, I do gets variable coloration of the plant, from light green, yellow to orange with some red on tops of the the stems which are near to the water surface.

My Take On L. Aromatica

L. Aromatica is indeed a beautiful plant. A different coloration of this plant much depends on the conditions of which you grew this plant in. In My Humble Opinion, it is not important whether you are growing it from emersed or submersed form, as long as you provides the optimum conditions, the plant will show its true potential with amazing coloration, red particularly. After all, once you grew this plant from emersed form, it will become submersed form, and with replanting of the cuttings from this submersed form, you will still able to get that amazing coloration, provided all necessary conditions. This is the same for all red plants, Ludwigia Repens, Rotala Rotundifolia, to name a few (I have indeed grew them) IMHO.

Since the variety of L. Aromatica grown by Tropica is from Malaysia, anyone have any idea where exactly this plant can be found?

Best Regards