Anubias barteri var. nana 'Super Petite'
Anubias barteri var. nana
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Planting & care
- PlacementForeground
- GrowthEpiphyte
- LightLow
- CO2None
- Height1.2–3.1" (3–8 cm)
About this plant
Super Petite is an exceptionally small-leaved nana culture selection. Dense leaf spacing gives it a fine cushion-like appearance, useful beside miniature hardscape where ordinary nana would appear out of scale. Keep the planting accessible for cleaning. Small scale does not make a newly divided rhizome an instant carpet: spreading is gradual. When dividing an established clump, preserve healthy leaf-bearing portions instead of repeatedly fragmenting the smallest plants. 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
- Easy
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- None
- Temperature
- 72–82°F (22.2–27.8°C)
- Placement
- Foreground
- Growth type
- Epiphyte
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
- Approx. height
- 1.2–3.1" (3–8 cm)
Water conditions
- Temperature
- 72–82°F (22.2–27.8°C)
- pH
- 6–7.5
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Propagation
- Division
- Color
- Green
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What you’ll need to grow Anubias barteri var. nana 'Super Petite'
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Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperm
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Anubias
- Botanical name
- Anubias barteri var. nana