Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Anubias Afzelii
Anubias afzelii
Photo: Daderot · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH6–8
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Araceae
- Origin
- West Africa (Senegal to Sierra Leone)
- Size
- 20 – 40 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 8.0
- GH
- 2 – 18 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- low – medium
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- low
- Growth
- slow
- Position
- midground–background, fixed
- Substrate
- DO NOT bury the rhizome
- Propagation
- rhizome division
Notes: Elongated, spear-shaped leaves. Just as hardy as other Anubias species, but taller, making it suitable for the background of aquariums with herbivorous fish.
