Rotala Wallichii

This elegant plant from South East Asia is one of the most beautiful aquarium plant. The submersed leaves are filamentous, arranged in whorls of 6-9 and 1.5 CM long and less than 0.1 CM broad. The leaves are brownish green to bright red. Rotala Wallichii “Long Leaf” has similarly arranged leaves on its stem but slightly longer than the former one and more adaptable to aquarium conditions. Under strong light the shoot tip of these plant species turns bright red.