Anubias barter will be a wonderful decoration for every aquarium. At the same time, it multiplies easily and does not require any special care.
Anubias is an aquatic tropical plant belonging to the aroid family. It lives in tropical Africa. It grows mainly in swamps, near streams, rivers. High humidity has a beneficial effect on plant growth. Anubias lives perfectly under water, therefore, it is often used in aquariums. Although the more favorable conditions for him would be a paludarium or a greenhouse.
Anubias coffee leaf
This is a plant rooted in the ground. It has a fleshy, thick, periodically creeping, branched, rhizome with subordinate cord-like roots. The leaves are asymmetrical, simple, collected in a small outlet. Oval-elliptic leaf plate, leathery, 6 cm wide, 12 cm long, with distinct lateral and main veins. The leaves are saturated green, while the young are reddish-brown. It is worth noting that the petiole is slightly less than or equal to the length of the leaf. The plant reaches a height of 25 cm with a bush width of about 10 cm.
This Anubias barter grows quite slowly. The plant in the aquarium is planted directly on the midline. It adapts perfectly to such conditions. It can be kept in aquaterrariums, paludariums and the coastal zone of artificial pools. Thanks to hard leaves, this plant is great for aquariums that contain cichlids.
As already mentioned, for Anubias barter, the content requires the simplest. The plant propagates by division of the rhizome. It is broken into pieces with three leaves. In this case, leafless sections of the rhizome float further to the appearance of leaves and the formation of roots.
Anubias narrow-leaved
Anubias barter petit, or narrow-leaved, grows along the banks of marshes, streams and rivers in West Africa: Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Cameroon.
The stem of this plant is straight and short. Young leaves are collected in a rosette, while adults are broad-lanceolate, alternate, reaching a length of 15 cm, 5 cm wide. The base of the leaves narrowed to the top, round, with a blunt ending. The upper part of them is slightly wavy, dark green, shiny, in addition, convex, with a green and dull hue from below and a clearly visible main vein. The cuttings have a length of about 15 centimeters. A creeping rhizome 2 cm thick, periodically branched, with light traces of fallen leaves and tuberoid thickenings. In the aquarium, the plant reaches a height of 15 cm, 40 cm in the paludarium.
Anubias barter dwarf, or nana
The birthplace of this plant is the tropics of Cameroon. It grows along the banks of streams, swamps, rivers and is almost always located under water, while being fixed on stones, as well as tree roots. Sometimes rooted in the ground.
Anubias barter nana has a shortened stem with a small rosette of petiolate simple leaves. Reaches a height of 12 cm. The leaf plate is oval in shape, hard, with a sharp tip and a rounded base, dark green with shine, up to 8 cm long, and also up to 4 cm wide. Petiole is smaller than the leaf blade, reaches a length of 5 cm. The plant rhizome branched, creeping and covered with leaves.
Anubias variegated
This is a decorative form of the plant, which is characterized by the presence of light bald spots on the leaf plates.
The origin of such a figure has no unambiguous interpretation. Some experts consider it the brainchild of breeding selection, others explain this phenomenon by the fact that the plant was infected with a special virus. In any case, such anubias barter, whose photo is presented in this article, has a bright personality.
It has a relatively modest size. This plant is desirable to grow in large aquariums with a height of about 50 cm. In this case, it is necessary to plant in the background or in the middle planes. The conditions of detention are the same as for the rest of the barter anubias.
Anubias broadleaf
Anubias barter broadleaf is a decorative form of a plant that grows faster in aquaterrariums, paludariums, in the coastal zone of artificial pools. In the case of landscaping the aquarium, it is located in the middle part.
Durable, unpretentious. Prefers a nutritious substrate, very rich in humus. A sufficiently powerful root system and high leaf stiffness to this plant provide protection from the inhabitants of terrariums and aquariums digging soil.
Anubias Lanceolate, or Lanceolate
This anubias barter is widespread in the reservoirs of Africa, in addition, on their coasts. This type of plant can often be found in the forest ponds of Cameroon, Gabon and Nigeria (southern regions of these countries).
This is a common swamp plant. It can grow in the water column, while, however, its growth will be slowed down. In the natural environment, it reaches 45 cm, but not more than 30 cm in aquariums. The plant has a creeping rather thick rhizome (up to 1.5 cm), in addition, it can occur with thickeners in the form of tubers.
The stem is straight and short enough. Young leaves are collected in a socket. Their shape is lanceolate. This plant has a rather interesting color - the full palette of green with its shades is presented from root to top (the greens are brighter and more saturated on top).
Anubias Congolese, or variegated
This anubias barter grows in the shadow of standing and slowly flowing water bodies of Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, Zaire). The plant in vivo leads partly underwater life.
Anubias Difolia - a marsh slowly growing plant. The sheet plate is elongated-lanceolate or oval-elliptical in shape, green, leathery, up to 38 cm long, up to 13 cm wide. The sharp tip of the sheet, the base is short lanceate or swept, slightly wavy edges. The lateral and main veins are clearly visible on the sheet plate.
Petiole is the same as the leaf length. Peduncle up to 27 cm long. The covering sheet is about 4.5 cm; when ripe, it opens quite widely. Small flowers are collected in small ears, which are clearly visible to almost half of the bedspread. The seeds are small. The rhizome is fleshy, creeping, thick, periodically branched, with subordinate cord-like roots. In height, the plant is up to 60 cm. At the same time, it reaches 25 cm in width.
Anubias graceful
This Anubias Barter hails from Sierra Leone and Guinea. It grows in a humid environment, in the shade of trees, along the banks of streams, lakes and rivers that leave the banks during the rainy season (in this case, the plant stays under water for some time).
It is worth noting that this anubias has a creeping rhizome about 1.5 centimeters thick. Petiole can reach 60 cm in length, has a short vagina. A leathery sheet plate, arrow-shaped, three-lobed or heart-shaped, up to 40 cm long and up to 20 cm wide, pointed, rounded at the base, green. Up to 15 cm long pedicel. Covering sheet up to 3 cm long, pointed, oblong-elliptical shape. The ear is covered with flowers, has a length of about 3 cm. Anubias graceful blooms all spring.
Anubias Giant
This anubias barter grows in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Togo, Cameroon and Liberia. It grows in the shade, in a humid environment, along the shores of lakes, rivers and streams that leave the shores during the rainy season (in this case, the plant stays under water for quite a long time). It is considered one of the largest of its kind. Rarely found in stores.
Giant Anubias is a fairly large plant, which reaches a height of 1 m. Long and thick petioles grow to 80 cm. The leaf blade is leathery, green in color, has various forms from tripartite to spear-shaped. Its length reaches 30 cm. The plant can simultaneously hold up to 36 leaves. In this case, the peduncle grows up to 50 cm. The leaf covering in length up to 13 cm, opens wide to ripen, without bending downward. Ear up to 19 cm, almost a third longer than the topmost leaf. Up to 8 stamens. Rhizome up to 3 cm thick, creeping. Anubias giant blooms all spring.
The plant propagates by dividing the rhizome. It is broken into small pieces with three leaves. In this case, leafless root sections continue to float until the appearance of leaves and roots. Soil with a high organic content is not suitable for young plants, otherwise the root system will develop poorly. Anubias does not like being transplanted often.
