ʻApelika pondweed

ʻApelika pondweed a i ʻole Schweinfurt pond, inoa ʻepekema Potamogeton schweinfurthii. Kapa ʻia ma muli o ke kanaka botanist Kelemania ʻo GA Schweinfurth (1836–1925). Ma ke ʻano, ulu ʻo ia i loko o ʻApelika tropical i loko o nā waihona me nā wai stagnant (nā loko, nā puʻu, nā wai mālie o nā kahawai), e komo pū ana i nā loko rift o Nyasa a me Tanganyika.

Ma lalo o nā kūlana maikaʻi, hana ia i kahi rhizome kolo lōʻihi, kahi e ulu ai nā kumu kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 3-4 mau mika, akā i ka manawa like he lahilahi - 2-3 mm wale nō. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā lau ma luna o ke kumu, hoʻokahi no ka whorl. He lanceolate ka lau lau me kahi kihi ʻoi a hiki i 16 knm ka lōʻihi a ma kahi o 2 cm ākea. ʻO ke kala o nā lau e pili ana i nā kūlana ulu a hiki ke ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻoliva ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻulaʻula paha. I loko o nā loko nahā i hōʻike ʻia e ka paʻakikī o ka wai carbonate kiʻekiʻe, ʻike ʻia nā lau keʻokeʻo ma muli o ka waiho ʻana o ka lime.

ʻO kahi mea kanu maʻalahi a maikaʻi ʻole kahi koho maikaʻi no kahi loko iʻa a i ʻole kahi aquarium nui me Malawian cichlids a i ʻole Lake Tanganyika cichlids. Hoʻopili maikaʻi ka pondweed ʻApelika i nā kūlana ākea a ulu maikaʻi i ka wai alkaline paʻakikī. No ke aʻa, pono e hāʻawi i kahi lepo one. E ulu wikiwiki a pono e ʻoki mau.