Hydrocotyle verticillata |
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| Hydrocotyle verticillata is a true amphibious plant which thrives well above as well as under water. This makes it suitable for ponds, paludaria and also aquaria. Hydrocotyle verticillata can be grown as a floating plant without contact to the substrate, but grown traditionally on the bottom it creeps over the substrate and sets its characteristic almost circular leaves from the horizontal rhizome or stem. Hydrocotyle verticillata requires high light intensities to thrive well but it is easily reproduced by cutting short segments containing a few nodes and internodes which is then replanted in the bottom. The peculiar leaves makes it very suitable for foreground decoration purposes. | |||||||||||||||||||
