Hydrocotyle verticallita

[wisiu]

Hello

I would like to find out how high this plant should grow? i bought mine 2 weeks ago from javaplants and it's already 20 cm high but everywhere on the internet says it should be up to 7 cm? just wondering if someone has got as high as mine.

 

[Matt Warner]

Hi, mine tend to grow like yours. They will grow the entire height of the tank and try and grow ou of the water! I have read that it tends to grow higher with lower light levels, and stays low with intense high light levels.

 

[NatureBoy]

chance are you have hydrocotyle leucocephala, a couple of the online plant mail order companies refuse to accept that they may have got it wrong.

 

[Matt Warner]

That would make sense as I wouldn't class my lighting as low light but it isn't high light, and the stems still grow to the surface. When I bought mine, the pot had no label on it do it could be the other type of hydrocotyle.

 

[wisiu]

My light is 43W T5 per 70 liters so I think it is OK but but this plant is growing like a mad, it is definitely not the same as on the pictures on the internet. My tank is 39 cm high and the plant is nearly touching the water level.

 

[BigTom]

Are the runners all buried in the substrate, and the leaf stalks growing all the way to the surface, or are the runners loose?

Piccy?