Cyperus helferi

Cyperus helferi (family Cyperaceae). This is a small species of Cyperus used for aquariums but also grown as a pond plant like the taller species. This is a fairly easy growing plant that propagates easily from seed if grown emersed.

Cyperus helferi (Cyperus helferi)
Porto Alegre Sword (Echinodorus portoalegrensis)
Eusteralis (Eusteralis stellata) ...

RE: Cyperus helferi
by "James Purchase" (Sun, 11 Apr 1999)
Cyperus helferi
by "Louis Lin" (Mon, 12 Apr 1999)
RE: Cyperus helferi ...

(1) Cyperus helferi is now propagated using seeds from Tropica's own stock plants obtained from our original collection trip. We also carry out small-scale production in our plant tissue laboratory.

The advantage of having such as large aquarium is you can use larger plants like Cyperus helferi and let them grow to full size. This aquascape can be imitated in a smaller aquarium though, simply by substituting larger plants like the C.

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