Banana Plant


Scientific Name=    Nymphoides aquatica

Family=    Gentianaceae

Origin=    Atlantic coast of North America, particularly Florida

Temperature=    50-77 °F (10-25 °C)

pH=    Neutral

Water Hardness=    Medium

Lighting=    Bright

Substrate=    Small gravel to sandy

Propagation=    Division of the shoots that grow on the leaf stalks, they grow tufts of swollen "banana" roots

Comments=    A very easy plant to grow