Cabomda

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cabomda in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Nymphaeceae. Fanwort. Submersed aquatics of the western hemisphere, used in ponds and aquaria. Flowers small; sepals and petals 3, persistent; stamens 3-6; carpels 3-18, separate: submerged Ivs. finely dissected, mostly opposite.—Six species. Cabomda caroliniana, Gray (C. aquatica, DC., not Aubl. C. viridifolia, Hort.). Washington Plant. Fish-grass. Floating Ivs. green, oblong-linear: fls. axillary, 1/2in. broad, white, with 2 yellow spots at base of each petal; stamens 6. Ponds and slow streams, S. Ill. to N. C., Fla. and Texas. A.G. 15:157.—Hardy as far north as Phila. if not frozen. The commonest plant for fish-globes and aquaria; roots easily in earth, grows well, is dense and bushy, and a good oxygenator; prefers water free from lime. Prop. by cuttings set in earth in 1-2 ft. of water at 55-70° F. Commonly sold for aquaria in bunches of 6-12 shoots 8 in. long, wrapped with lead at base; without earth the bunch lasts 4-8 weeks, when it drops most of its Ivs. and must be replaced. Var. rosaefolia, Hort., is a form with reddish Ivs., less durable, and more difficult to prop. A. G. 15:157. Var. putcherrima, Harper, has sts. reddish purple, Ivs. darker with narrower segms. and petals bright purple. Ga. The true C. aquatica, Aubl., of Trop. Amer, with yellow fls. and nearly orbicular floating Ivs., is shown in B.M. 7090. H. S. Conard. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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