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Bolbitis heudelotii (Bolbitis Hedelo)

Lomariopsidaceae (Lomariopsisovye) family.
Spread. It is widely distributed in Africa.
Amphibian plant. Rhizome 3 - 10 mm, a length of 25 cm, creeping, densely covered with brown, 10 x 2 mm, scales. Petiole 2 - 5 mm thick, 8 - 40 cm, below sometimes covered with scales. Surface leaf blade pinnate, about the size of 50 x 25 cm; first order pinnate leaves alternate or opposite, notched, slabozubchatye, sometimes nearly entire, from light green to dark green. Underwater leaves pinnately first order, with large teeth, transparent, dark green.
Leaves-sporangonosy (sporophylls) up to 100 cm long; pinnate leaves from almost entire to toothed. The sporangia are distributed evenly and tightly on the back side of the sheet; major disputes.
Bolbitis heudelotii is a popular ornamental and ferns. In general, the cultivation of simple, if the conditions set out below. View likes soft, acidic water with a pH of about 6.0 - 6.8. Saturation of CO2 has a positive impact. If the pH is in the alkaline ranges that it leaves black or spotted. Although Bolbitis may well develop in an aquarium without a strong water circulation, but surely grow better in mobile (eg, in the vicinity of the filter). Suffice moderate lighting. Not difficult vegetative propagation lateral shoots and dividing rhizomes. Occasionally there and reproduction adventitious plants. Recent develop either on the tops of older pinnate leaves, either branched parts of the fabric.
In nature, the plant grows in rivers with a very rapid current on stones and rocks, and occasionally on the ground, as the underwater and semi-submersible in the shade or in direct sunlight.