Anubias Afceli

U-Anubias Afzelius, igama lesayensi elithi Anubias afzelii, latholwa okokuqala futhi lachazwa ngo-1857 yisazi sezitshalo saseSweden u-Adam Afzelius (1750–1837). Kusatshalaliswe kabanzi eNtshonalanga Afrika (Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali). Ikhula emaxhaphozini, ezindaweni ezikhukhula, yenza izitshalo eziminyene “okhaphethi”.

Isetshenziswa njengesitshalo se-aquarium amashumi eminyaka ambalwa. Naphezu komlando omude kangaka, kusekhona ukudideka emagameni, isibonelo, lolu hlobo luvame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-Anubias congensis, noma enye, i-Anubias ehluke ngokuphelele, ibizwa ngokuthi i-Aftseli.

Ingakhula kokubili ngaphezu kwamanzi kuma-paludarium nangaphansi kwamanzi. Esimweni sokugcina, ukukhula kuncipha kakhulu, kodwa ayithinti impilo yesitshalo. Kubhekwa njengenkulu kunazo zonke phakathi kwe-Anubias, ngokwemvelo bangakha izihlahla zamamitha. Nokho, izitshalo ezitshalwayo zincane ngokuphawulekayo. Iziqu ezimbalwa ezimfushane zibekwe ku-rhizome ende enwabuzelayo, ekugcineni lapho amaqabunga amakhulu aluhlaza akhula aze afike ku-40 cm ubude. Ukwakheka kwabo kungaba okuhlukile: i-lanceolate, i-elliptical, i-ovoid.

Lesi sitshalo se-marsh asithobekile futhi sivumelana ngokuphelele nezimo ezihlukahlukene zamanzi namazinga okukhanya. Ayidingi umanyolo owengeziwe noma ukwethulwa kwe-carbon dioxide. Njengoba kunikezwe ubukhulu bayo, ilungele kuphela ama-aquariums amakhulu.