
Plants
Glossostigma elatinoides
Key facts
- Temperature20–26 °C
- pH5.5–7.5
- Adult size3 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Phrymaceae
- Origin
- Australia, New Zealand
- Size
- 1 – 3 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 26°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 1 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Light
- very high (PAR >200, from directly above)
- CO2
- essential
- Fertilization
- high
- Growth
- medium
- Position
- foreground (carpet)
- Substrate
- nutrient-rich substrate essential
- Propagation
- runners
Notes: REQUIRES strictly overhead light: if light comes from the sides, it grows vertically instead of spreading out.





