Echinodorus horizontalis
Echinodorus horizontalis, inoa ʻepekema Echinodorus horizontalis. He kanaka maoli ka mea kanu i ʻAmelika Hema, hoʻolaha nui ʻia ma ke kahawai ʻo Amazon kiʻekiʻe ma ka ʻākau o ka ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ʻEkuador. Ke ulu nei ia ma nā ʻāina haʻahaʻa ma kapa o nā kahawai, ma nā ʻāina pulu ma lalo o ka puʻu o kahi ululāʻau. I ka wā ua, aia ma lalo o ka wai no ka manawa lōʻihi.
Loaʻa i ka mea kanu nā ʻano like ʻole i hana ʻia e like me kekahi. Kuhi ʻia nā lau lau, ʻano oval me nā veins longitudinal lahilahi ma nā petioles lōʻihi. He ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke kala o nā lau. Ma ke kūlana o ka ʻili, ua like nā lau i ka ʻili a "hoʻopuehu" i ke anawaena a hiki i ka hapalua mika. Ma lalo o ka wai, ʻike ʻia ka haʻahaʻa, e ulu ana i ke kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 15-20 cm a, no laila, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka pā.
Hiki i ka Echinodorus horizontalis ke ulu i loko o nā paludarium a me nā aquarium. I ka hihia mua, paʻakikī ka mahiʻai ʻana e ke kiʻekiʻe o kēia mea kanu i ka haʻiki. E ulu maikaʻi i ka wā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e hana ana i nā inflorescences i lalo. Loaʻa nā kūlana maikaʻi loa me ka mālamalama haʻahaʻa, ka wai ʻawaʻawa liʻiliʻi me ka hāʻawi maikaʻi o ka carbon dioxide a me ka lepo momona.
