I have 8 anubias nana stems with leaves, however they are not attached to each other, they are each solo. Should I stick these in the substrate, or try to attach them to a rock/driftwood ?
thanks, patrick
thanks, patrick
anubia nana
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You can do either, it's up to you. Personally I like my anubias grown from the substrate. If you do it that way just make sure you don't bury the rhizome.
Anubias nana has no stem, it has a rhizome. Both roots and leaves arise directly from the rhizome.
See: http://www.tropica.com/default.asp
From the right-hand menu, select "Anubias barteri var. nana" for a clear drawing of the plant.
HTH
See: http://www.tropica.com/default.asp
From the right-hand menu, select "Anubias barteri var. nana" for a clear drawing of the plant.
HTH
thats what I'm saying. The rhizome rotted off because it was placed under the substrate. now only the stems/leaves are left, and I am not sure if I should place them in the subsrate or try and attach them to a rock/driftwood/etc. Their are what looks like the beginning of roots coming out of each stem, so.....
A.b. nana has no stems, period, only the rhizome. If there fragments of rhizome still attached to the leaf petioles, new roots may well arise from those rhizome fragments. Those platlets will be fragile and delicate for a time, and will do best with the roots in substrate, but not the junction of the leaf petiole and whatever rhizome fragment is still there.
The leaves have a blade - the broad flat green part, and the petiole connecting the blade and rhizome. It requires at least some tiny fragment of the rhizome to get roots. These are not African Violets - you cannot get new plants and roots from the leaf petioles. You can get new plants from any piece of the rhizome, with both new leaves and new roots, but it is not fast.
The leaves have a blade - the broad flat green part, and the petiole connecting the blade and rhizome. It requires at least some tiny fragment of the rhizome to get roots. These are not African Violets - you cannot get new plants and roots from the leaf petioles. You can get new plants from any piece of the rhizome, with both new leaves and new roots, but it is not fast.