Hi,
this is Heiko Bleher and I jus wanted to say in regards to the Ludwigia shown:
Orginally the very first exports (and discovery) of this species was by my mother and myself in the early 1950s in Mato Grosso (Rio Guaporé) Brazil and we exported it until the 1980s as TRAPA BRASILIENSIS, a aquatic plant also with floating leafs and very similar looking. Until it was finally classified correctly because of its flower.
It will always grow to the top and float and can have steams up to 3 foots (or even 4) long. I would associate it only with south American plants, such as Cabomba, Echinodorus, Limnophila, other (underwater) Ludwigia and Hygrophila species.
Now all the very best, and have alook at my site and the xpoedition and there are many aquatic (nature) plants and the recent aquascape contests in japan, Finland, and elsewhere.
All the best, from a plant and fish collectors
Heiko Bleher
www.aquapress-bleher.com
Best regards,
Heiko Bleher
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