Tropical Aquarium Fish

Alternanthera reineckii
In aquariums it was introduced under the name of Telanthera Osiris. The plant is spread in the tropical zone of South America. It is a small herbaceous plant, which lives in marsh having two forms: emerged (in which case the leaves stretch on the ground), submerged (in which case the leaves grow up). The leaves have a wide cross shape, lance late to elliptic, and they get thinner where the leafstalk should be, or they have a very short leafstalk. They are 4 cm length and 15 mm width. The upper part of the leave is dark green to olive green, and the lower part is light green to light carroty. This aquarium plant has a variety called Alternanthera reineckii `lilacina` which grows to a length of 6 cm and 20 mm width. The superior part of the leave is light olive green or carroty green having red spots, and the inferior zone is colored in light red to dark red. For aquariums it isn`t well adapted yet, it needs a longer period of accommodation and even then it grows very low.

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