Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Banana Plant
Nymphoides aquatica
Photo: Show_ryu · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Menyanthaceae
- Origin
- Southeastern United States
- Size
- 10 – 30 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- medium
- CO2
- not required
- Fertilization
- medium
- Growth
- medium
- Position
- foreground – midground
- Propagation
- banana-shaped roots
Notes: Its storage roots look like small bananas. If left to grow, it produces round floating leaves.
