B arclaya longifolia 'red form'

About This Plant

Barclaya longifolia is an easy to grow aquarium plant. Barclaya longifolia has two forms that exist in nature, a red form and a green form. The red form is more sought after in the aquarium plant trade for the added color benefits. Barclaya longifolia is in the same family as waterlilies, but keeps all of its leaves submerged making it more suitable for the aquarium. Native to Southeast Asia, Barclaya longifolia is one of the easiest to grow red aquatic plants. Barclay longifolia is one of only a few plants that will flower completely underwater, and will even set seed there. With a little luck, the seeds may spread around your aquarium, and you may see little baby Barclaya plants sprout and grow! While the plant does develop a bulb with age, young plants have only roots.