Heteranther kanalua

Heteranther dubious, inoa ʻepekema Heteranthera dubia. ʻO ka inoa maʻamau o ka mea kanu (dubia = "kālua") mai ka mea i wehewehe mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1768 ʻo Commelina dubia. Ua kanalua ka mea kākau moʻolelo olaola ʻo Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin e pili ana i ka hiki ke helu ʻia ka mea kanu ma ke ʻano he ʻano Commelina, no laila ua hōʻike ʻo ia me ka prefix C. dubia. I ka makahiki 1892 ua hoʻohui hou ʻia ka inoa e C. Macmillan i loko o ka genus Heteranthera.

Ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe, hoʻonui ʻia ka noho kūlohelohe mai Guatemala (ʻAmelika Waena), ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a i nā ʻāpana hema o Kanada. Aia ma kapa o nā muliwai, nā loko i ka wai pāpaʻu, ma nā wahi poho. Ulu lākou ma lalo o ka wai a ma luna o ka lepo mākū (moist), e hana ana i nā pūʻulu paʻa. I ka wā i loko o ka wai a i ka wā e piʻi ai nā ʻōpuʻu i ka ʻili, ʻike ʻia nā pua melemele me ʻeono petals. Ma muli o ke ʻano o nā pua ma ka palapala Pelekane, ua kapa ʻia kēia mea kanu "Water stargrass" - Water star grass.

Ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, hoʻokumu ʻia ka mea kanu i nā ʻōpala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ulu a hiki i ka ʻili, kahi e ulu ai lākou ma lalo o ka ʻili o ka wai, e hana ana i nā "kāpena". Hiki ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mea kanu ma mua o hoʻokahi mika. Ma ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole ulu nā ʻōpala i ke poʻo, akā pālahalaha ma ka ʻāina. ʻO nā lau he lōʻihi (5-12 cm) a haiki (e pili ana i 0.4 cm), ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha. Aia nā lau i hoʻokahi ma kēlā me kēia node o ka whorl. Hōʻike nā pua ma ka pua ma ke kiʻekiʻe o 3-4 cm mai ka ʻili o ka wai. Ma muli o kona nui, pili wale ia i nā aquarium nui.

Heteranther dubious he unpretentious, hiki ke ulu i loko o ka wai anuanu, me nā loko hāmama, i kahi ākea o nā ʻāpana hydrochemical. Pono ke aʻa i ka lepo one a ʻiliʻili maikaʻi paha. He koho maikaʻi ka lepo aquarium kūikawā, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono ia no kēia ʻano. Makemake ʻo ia i nā kukui haʻahaʻa a kiʻekiʻe. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻike ʻia nā pua i ka mālamalama mālamalama.