How to tend a Pistia stratiotes
Also known as: Limnonesis commutata (Schleid.) Klotzsch, Limnonesis friedrichsthaliana Klotzsch, Apiospermum obcordatum (Schleid.) Klotzsch, Pistia aegyptiaca Schleid., Pistia aethiopica Fenzl ex Klotzsch, Pistia africana C.Presl, Pistia amazonica C.Presl, Pistia brasiliensis Klotzsch, Pistia commutata Schleid., Pistia crispata Blume, Pistia cumingii Klotzsch, Pistia gardneri Klotzsch, Pistia horkeliana Miq., Pistia leprieurii Blume, Pistia linguiformis Blume, Pistia minor Blume, Pistia natalensis Klotzsch, Pistia obcordata Schleid., Pistia occidentalis Blume, Pistia schleideniana Klotzsch, Pistia spathulata Michx., Pistia texensis Klotzsch, Pistia turpinii K.Koch, Pistia weigeltiana C.Presl, Zala asiatica Lour., Pistia stratiotes var. obcordata (Schleid.) Engl., Pistia stratiotes var. spathulata (Michx.) Engl., Pistia stratiotes var. linguiformis Engl., Pistia stratiotes var. cuneata Engl., Pistia turpini Blume
Log in to add this plantWatering
Change water every week
Sunlight
Put in sunny places
Soil
Aquatic plants
Fertilizer
Top-dressing on leaves 4 times a year
Pruning
No need pruning
About this plant
- Origin
- Tropical Americas
- Category
- Araceae, Pistia
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height 20-30 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period April-September
- Flower colors
- white to purple
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