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Barclaya rotundifolia

Barclaya rotundifolia is a perennial aquatic water-lily from Malaysia and Borneo, grown in tropical aquariums and ponds. It needs warm, still, nutrient-rich water and bright light.

Family
Nymphaeaceae (Water-lily family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Grow submerged in aquarium or pond water; keep the water warm and fairly still.
Soil
Rich, fine substrate such as aquarium soil or clay-based planting mix, with root tabs or fertilizer.
Temperature
24-28 °C; protect below 20 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Borneo
Climate
wet tropical

About

Barclaya rotundifolia is a species of perennial aquatic plant native peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo.

Other Barclaya plants

Barclaya hirta · Barclaya kunstleri · Orchid Lily · Barclaya motleyi · Barclaya panchorensis · Barclaya rugosa · Barclaya wellyi · Barclaya

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Barclaya rotundifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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