Eichornia azure
Eichhornia azure a i ʻole Eichhornia marsh, inoa ʻepekema ʻo Eichhornia azurea. ʻO ia kahi mea kanu aquarium kaulana i kamaʻāina i nā wai a me nā wai kūpaʻa o ʻAmelika, ʻo kona wahi kūlohelohe mai nā mokuʻāina hema o ʻAmelika a hiki i nā panalāʻau ʻākau o Argentina.
He kumu koʻikoʻi ko ka mea kanu a me kahi ʻōnaehana aʻa lālā e hiki ai ke aʻa pono i ka lepo palupalu a i ʻole ka lepo ma lalo o nā waihona. ʻOkoʻa ke ʻano, ke ʻano a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o nā lau ma muli o ka lalo o ka wai a i ʻole e lana ana ma ka ʻili. Ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, māhele like ʻia nā lau ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke kumu, e like me ka peʻahi a i ʻole nā lau pāma. I ka hōʻea ʻana i ka ʻili, hoʻololi nui nā lau lau, loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻili ʻālohilohi, a lilo ke ʻano mai ka lipine-like i kahi oval. Loaʻa iā lākou nā petioles lōʻihi me kahi ʻano o loko i ke ʻano o kahi ʻōpuʻu. Hana lākou ma ke ʻano he mau lana, e paʻa ana i nā ʻōpuʻu mea kanu i luna.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Eichornia marsh e kanu ʻia i loko o nā aquarium ākea me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka liʻiliʻi o 50 cm me kahi ākea ākea a puni e hiki ai i nā lau ke wehe piha. Pono ka mea kanu i ka lepo momona a me kahi kiʻekiʻe o ke kukui, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia e koi ʻia i ka mahana o ka wai.
