Blyxa japonica? Blyxa echinosperma?

**planted86** · 25th Oct 2007, 01:05

are those japonica that we get in singapore the real japonica??
http://www.aquahobby.com/garden/e_Blyxa_japonica.php

or is it echinosperma??
http://www.aquahobby.com/garden/e_Bl...hinosperma.php

or is it that we can't get the plant's true colour out???

**Maazo** · 25th Oct 2007, 11:46

I'm pretty sure that "echinosperma" is falsely attributed to B. japonica. It's actually a variant of Blyxa aubertii.

B. japonica itself has two variants to the best of my knowledge but I'm not sure of the differences between them. The colour difference is down to lighting and to a lesser extent nutrients (just like many other plants).