Plants · position 02

Lobelia cardinalis 'Mini'

Dwarf cardinal plant

Identification

Scientific name
Lobelia cardinalis 'Mini'
Common name
Dwarf cardinal plant
Origin
North America
Position
#02 in the layout

Measured PAR

Measured PPFD
90 µmol·m⁻²·s⁻¹
Working range
50–90
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

Compact stem; slow, upright, holds a tight rosette of rounded leaves.

Placement

Midground street, where its slow growth will not overrun faster neighbors.

Coloration notes

Bright green above, purple beneath. The underside color is the point of it.

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

Trimming notes

Top and replant. Slow enough that it rarely needs attention.

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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