I-Echinodorus horizontalis
I-Echinodorus horizontalis, igama lesayensi i-Echinodorus horizontalis. Lesi sitshalo sidabuka eNingizimu Melika, sisatshalaliswa kabanzi endaweni esenyakatho ye-Amazon enyakatho yezwekazi, ikakhulukazi e-Ecuador. Imila ezindaweni eziphansi ngasosebeni lwemifula, ezindaweni ezingamaxhaphozi ngaphansi kombhede wehlathi elishisayo. Ngenkathi yezimvula, iba ngaphansi kwamanzi isikhathi eside.
Lesi sitshalo sinezinhlobo ezimbalwa ezifuywe ngokwenziwa ezibukeka zifana. Amacembe amaqabunga akhombe, amise okweqanda anemithambo emincane emide kuma-petioles amade amancane. Umbala wamaqabunga uluhlaza ngokukhanyayo. Esimeni esingaphezulu, amaqabunga ahambisana nendawo futhi "ahlakaze" ububanzi kuze kufike kuhhafu wemitha. Ngaphansi kwamanzi, iphansi ngokuphawulekayo, ikhula ngobude ifike ku-15-20 cm futhi, ngokufanele, incane ngobubanzi.
I-Echinodorus horizontalis iyakwazi ukukhula kokubili kuma-paludarium nakuma-aquariums. Esimweni sokuqala, ukutshala kuyinkimbinkimbi ngenxa yokuthambekela okuphezulu kwalesi sitshalo kukhunta. Ikhula kangcono uma icwiliswa emanzini, yakhe ama-inflorescence angaphansi kwamanzi. Izimo ezinhle zitholakala ngokukhanya okumaphakathi, amanzi athambile ane-acidic kancane ane-carbon dioxide nenhlabathi enomsoco.