Stem Plants
Rotala mexicana
Rotala mexicana
Photo: Mark Marathon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Adult size30 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Origin
- America, Tropical Africa and Asia
- Size
- 10 – 30 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 10 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Light
- High
- CO2
- recommended
- Fertilization
- average
- Growth
- medium
- Position
- mid-shot
- Propagation
- cuttings
Notes: Thin leaves arranged in whorls that turn yellow or orange in bright light. Delicate with fragile stems.
