Plants · position 12

Hygrophila pinnatifida

Pinnatifida

Identification

Scientific name
Hygrophila pinnatifida
Common name
Pinnatifida
Origin
India
Position
#12 in the layout

Measured PAR

Measured PPFD
90 µmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹
Working range
70–110
Comparison
Within working range

Measured underwater with an Apogee MQ-510at this plant’s position. Working ranges are practical reference figures, not biological thresholds. The full survey sets out how the number was taken and what it does not establish.

Growth habit

Creeping and epiphytic; sends out lateral shoots and attaches to hardscape.

Placement

Right side. Unusual in this layout for growing sideways rather than up.

Coloration notes

Bronze-brown above, burgundy beneath, with a distinctive serrated leaf.

General to the species. What this plant has actually done in this aquarium is recorded under observations.

Trimming notes

Cut lateral runners and re-attach or replant; it spreads rather than climbs.

Current observations

Nothing recorded specific to this plant in this aquarium yet. The scape is still growing in; observations are added when there is something specific to report rather than to fill the section.

Photographs

Photograph pending. Planned: a current photograph at matched camera settings, repeated at intervals so color can be compared across time rather than described.

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