Anubias barteri var. glabra 'Minima Variegated'

Anubias barteri var. glabra

MidgroundEpiphyte

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Planting & care

  • PlacementMidground
  • GrowthEpiphyte
  • LightLow
  • CO2None
  • Height3.1–5.1" (8–13 cm)

About this plant

Minima Variegated combines elongated Minima-type foliage with irregular cream or white areas. A plain Minima plant is not an equivalent substitute: the selected leaf pattern is part of the horticultural identity. Use it where a few marked blades can be viewed closely. Stronger light is not a reliable way to force more white, and heavily pale foliage may establish slowly. Watch the growing point and rhizome as well as leaf colour; a change in marking is not automatically evidence of deficiency. Attach the rhizome to wood or stone without covering its growing stem. Roots may enter the substrate, but a buried rhizome can decay. Keep the slow-growing leaves free of debris, provide balanced water-column nutrition and avoid abrupt changes made only to chase a colour. Trim damaged leaves at their base. Divide an established rhizome into healthy leaf-bearing sections; emersed-grown stock can replace some leaves after submersion. Care ranges, where supplied, describe reported cultivation conditions rather than measured lethal limits. Width and nutrient concentrations are left unspecified where no defensible form-specific values are available.

Quick specs

Difficulty
Difficult
Light
Low
CO₂
None
Temperature
72–82°F (22.2–27.8°C)
Placement
Midground
Growth type
Epiphyte
Aquarium suitability
Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
Approx. height
3.1–5.1" (8–13 cm)

Water conditions

Temperature
72–82°F (22.2–27.8°C)
pH
6–7.5

Growth & placement

Growth rate
Very slow
Propagation
Division
Color
Variegated, Green

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Taxonomy

Major group
Angiosperm
Family
Araceae
Genus
Anubias
Botanical name
Anubias barteri var. glabra

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