Banana Lily
Portion Size
You will receive one leave with or without roots.
Description
Banana Lilies are easy fish tank plants to keep and can handle low light. The "Bananas" are actually roots, storage centres for the plant. This makes this plant ideal for a beginner or kids aquarium! They won't kill it and get to show off the "bananas" in their tank.
Nymphoides aquatica is also often known as the banana plant, banana lily, and the big floating heart. The "Nymph" part of its name signifies it's "Lily" type leaf shape. If you like this plant make sure and check out our Red Tiger Lotus as it is equally easy to take care of and has beautiful red leaves. The two in the same tank would make a nice contrast.
Quick Stats
- Scientific Name: Nymphoides aquatica
- Care Level: Easy
- Growth Rate: Fast
- Lighting Requirement: Will thrive in low to bright light
- Ideal Temperature: 20°-27°C
- pH: 6.0-7.2
- CO2: No
- Nutrient Substrate: Yes
Tips:
Provide moderate to high lighting for optimal growth and leaf coloration.
Plant the Banana Lily in a nutrient-rich substrate or in a floating position to allow its leaves to spread out. Trim the plant regularly to control its growth and prevent it from covering the entire water surface.
Please check out our other pond plants here!
Customer Reviews
They all arrived dry. I rewet them and crossed my fingers. One of them seems to have developed a few brown patches now, if they weren’t there before that is. I continue to hope that they’ll survive.
That said, they are cool little things.
Received brown dead looking leaves arrived in a ziplock bag. Very disappointing.
Fantastic! It keeps my tank so clean and beautiful flowers!
The banana lily was very small and just a leaf with stem it has taken 2 months for it to just have another leaf
Has grown a new leaf in a week in an outdoor pond in the Riverina. I’m mindful that I’ll need to cover it with some shade cloth in winter to protect from the frosts…but it’s exceeded expectations.
Customer Reviews
They all arrived dry. I rewet them and crossed my fingers. One of them seems to have developed a few brown patches now, if they weren’t there before that is. I continue to hope that they’ll survive.
That said, they are cool little things.
Received brown dead looking leaves arrived in a ziplock bag. Very disappointing.
Fantastic! It keeps my tank so clean and beautiful flowers!
The banana lily was very small and just a leaf with stem it has taken 2 months for it to just have another leaf
Has grown a new leaf in a week in an outdoor pond in the Riverina. I’m mindful that I’ll need to cover it with some shade cloth in winter to protect from the frosts…but it’s exceeded expectations.
Customer Reviews
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