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Staurogyne repens (Creeping Staurogyne)

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Staurogyne repens (Creeping Staurogyne)

Compact carpet or bush
Very nice between rocks and stones
Relatively slow grower
Very popular in aquascaping

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Staurogyne repens is a light green compact strong plant for the aquarium foreground originating from Rio Cristalino in Brazil. It can be used as ground-covering plant or as low cushion-like bush. Forms well through trimming. It is effective for setting accents in crevices and gaps in the hardscape. If you get a plant with long stems from emerged cultivation you ought to cut them off, cut them into several parts and plant them into the substrate, keeping a small distance. The lateral shoots that form in this case will grow more or less horizontally along the substrate. A lot of light (at least 0.5 W/litre) and a good CO₂ and nutrient supply are recommendable.

The aquarium population of this species originates from Rio Cristalino in the Brazilian federal state Mato Grosso. The plant were found growing on and between rocks on the bank of the fast-flowing river, mainly above the waterline, and in full sun. In May 2008, Staurogyne repens was presented as new aquarium plant (back then as Staurogyne spec.) during the Interzoo trade fair by Tropica.

Recently, this plant has also been offered erroneously as Staurogyne sp. ‘Porto Velho’. (read more)

Synonyms	Ebermaiera repens Nees
Complete botanical name	Staurogyne répens (Nees) Kuntze
Family	Acanthaceae
Genus	Staurogyne
Difficulty	medium
Usage	Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover
Aquascaping	well-branched, bushy
Growth	medium
pH value	5 – 7
Temperature tolerance	20 – 30°C
Carbonate hardness	0 – 10°dKH
General hardness	0 – 30°dGH
Propagation	Runners, Cuttings, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed?	yes
Source	Flowgrow