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Hygrophila difformis (hygrophila heterogeneous)
Acanthaceae (acanthus family).
Distribution of India, Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula.
Perennial, very choppy marsh plant with lying or erect shoots, 30 - 80 cm long. Stem hairy, up to 5 mm thick, green or reddish. Air draft petiole short, crosswise, opposite leaves, drooping and sticky. Sheet platinku lanceolate-elliptic - elliptic up to 6.5 x 4.0 cm, with serrated edges of the neutral-green to dark green. Underwater lamina initially the same shape as the above-water, and then formed by plate pinnatilobate to pinnately dissected, up to 15 cm, light green in color.
Inflorescence on a spike up to 1.4 cm, with a 1 - 3 axillary flowers. Has 2 coating sheet, lowered, size 9 x 4 mm and 5 sepals, lowered about 10 mm long. Beater length 10 - 26 mm, about 7 mm wide blёklo purple. Upper lip 2-lobed, the lower 3-lobed. Zev dark purple, lowered and folded-inflated. About 4 stamens, 2 of them reach the edge of the upper lip and 2 are somewhat shorter; Bellow dark purple, yellow pollen. The pistil is covered with fine hairs, reaches the edge of the upper lip; stigma tiny. Carpel narrow and pointed, elongated. Capsule without stem, seeds from cultivated plants are formed rarely.
This is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and recommended for keeping aquarium plants and is in constant price list of pet stores. Plants are unpretentious and very well grow in a very soft and in hard water (over 30 ° DGH). For the optimal development of sufficient lighting of medium intensity, but strong plant still formed under intense light. As the soil is recommended to unwashed or clay with the addition of coarse sand. The optimum water temperature of 24 - 28 degrees C, however, the plant for a short period rather tolerant of a lower and higher temperature.
Often close to the ground are formed side shoots, which at first give undivided creeping leaves, and subsequently develop typical pinnately dissected leaf blades. To proliferate best to separate the side shoots and plant them again, but this a good fit and cuttings. In addition, the subsidiary plant formed on the floating leaves. The formation of the flowers can be expected only in an instance of large surface in good light.
It grows in marshy areas. Data analysis of water is unknown.
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