Description
The stalk plant Hottonia from Asia and Europe is an unassuming and easy beginner plant. The many curved shoots with fanned and intensely light green leaves quickly create a close group. Each stalk becomes 4-6cm wide and 10-30cm high. Frequent cutting of the long shoots ensures growth from the bottom of the plant, and maintains the close, bushy form. The plant’s wide form of growth makes it very suitable for the passage between very low and tall plants and the light green colour makes beautiful contrasts possible.
Plant Info
| Type: | Stem |
|---|---|
| Origin: | Asia |
| Country or continent where a plant is the most common. Cultivars arise or are bred in cultivation. | Growth rate: |
| Medium | Growth rate of the plant compared to other aquatic plants. |
| Height: | 10 – 20+ |
| Average height (cm) of the plant after two months in the tank. | Light demand: |
| Low | The average or medium light demand of an aquarium plant is 0,5 W/L. |
| CO2 : | Low |
| A medium need in CO2 is 6-14 mg/L. A high demand in CO2 is approx. 15-25 mg/L. |
Growing Hottonia palustris in Singapore Tanks
Hottonia palustris is a forgiving stem plant, and its feathery, light-green foliage makes a lovely soft contrast in a midground-to-background position. The good news for local hobbyists is that it tolerates lower light and only modest CO2, so it fits the kind of unpressurised, easy-going planted tanks many of us run in flats. Tropica’s pot-grown stems arrive clean and established, ready to be split and planted in small bunches for a quicker grow-in.
Because Singapore tanks tend to run warm at 27–29°C, fine-leaved stems like this appreciate steady, gentle flow to keep detritus from settling in the foliage and to move nutrients around. Plant individual stems with a little spacing so light reaches the base, then trim the tall shoots regularly; topping the plant encourages bushy growth from below rather than a leggy, bare-stemmed look. Replant the healthiest cuttings to thicken the group over a few weeks.
See more in our background live plants range. Our stem plant trim-and-replant guide covers the pruning rhythm that keeps it dense, and the melting stem plants guide helps if new growth stalls after planting.
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