Hygrophila sp. 'Green Olive'
- New Hygrophila species from India
- Reddish brown to dark olive green
- Fast growth
- Recommended for the background
- Not demanding
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Description
This Hygrophila was introduced to Germany in the 2010s by Dennerle from the Goa / Maharashtra region in western India. It is still a little-known rarity in the aquarium hobby. In the wild it occurs in swampy, more or less sunny floodplains. The plant has not yet been determined to species, but is probably related to Hygrophila ringens.
In the terrestrial form, this Hygrophila forms tall, strong, sparsely branched stems with fairly broad elliptical leaves. In the underwater form, the shoots also grow upright with few side shoots. The stem is about 4 mm thick and has internodes about 4 - 6 cm long. The underwater leaves are broadly oval to narrowly elliptical, at least 7 cm long and 1.8 cm wide. The leaf tip is rather blunt, the base of the leaf blade gradually narrows into the leaf stalk, which is about 1 cm long. The leaves have a dark olive-green hue and take on a brownish-red colour at the tip of the shoot in good light.
The plant is not very demanding and can be kept in soft to hard water with pH values of 5 to 8 and temperatures between around 22 and 28 °C, but a good supply of CO2 (20-30 mg/l) and a complete supply of macro and micronutrients are very beneficial for growth. Hygrophila sp. "Green Olive" grows quickly and reaches at least 50 cm in height. Timely pruning encourages branching and the cut shoots can be used as cuttings - as is generally the case with all stem plants.
Hygrophila sp. "Green Olive" looks most harmonious when planted as a group with a larger number of stems in the centre to background. It also grows well emersed in paludariums. Under favourable conditions, especially plenty of light and a good supply of nutrients, you can expect to see blue-purple coloured flowers in the leaf axils of emersed shoots.
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The plant is great so far and is doing well.
Delivery took a bit longer, but with the warm weather that was actually a good thing.
Keep it up, I keep ordering from you guys
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Super
Die Pflanze ist bis jetzt super und kommt gut raus.
Lieferung hat zwar etwas länger gedauert aber durch das warme Wetter war es sogar gut.
macht weiter so ich bestell immer wieder was bei euch
The in-vitro cup was nicely filled. I was able to divide the contents of the cup into 12 individual plants and plant them in the aquarium without any stress. (read more)
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Der In Vitro Becher war schön gefüllt. Den Inhalt des Bechers konnte ich in 12 Einzelpflanzen teilen und entspannt im Aquarium einpflanzen. Ich bin gespannt wie sich diese Pflanze machen wird.
Die Farbe der Blätter ist, genau wie auf dem Produktfoto zu sehen, einfach toll.
Five plants, some with small plantlets. Very sturdy plants. The photo shows the quantity correctly. Everything was packed very well. Thanks
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Fünf Pflanzen zum Teil mit kleinen Ablegern. Sehr kräftige Pflanzen. Foto zeigt richtig die Menge. Sehr gut alles eingepackt. Danke