Today is my aunt's birthday and so I bought her a plant. I decided on Anubias barteri var. nana. It's a tough plant and can grow in pretty much all water conditions. My cousins have a 10 gallon tank that has been fishless ever since they decided that untreated tap water would make a good media for a water change. I bought a decent sized driftwood piece. (Who would have thought that a pound and a half of driftwood would cost CAD$9?). I also anchored the anubias to the driftwood with some black cotton thread. When I was removing the anubias from its spongy cup, one of the leaves fell out. Having setup my cousins tank, I brought home Aponogeton madagascariensis, which was an impulse buy. A. madagascariensis is a high maintenance plant with frequently required water changes. In the picture above, I've highlighted the bulb and roots of the African bulb. Floating just above it is a leaf(anubias b. v. nana) - which I brought from my aunt's place. My guess is the anubias leaf, though easy to maintain in plant form will die, while the African bulb will be the one to survive. Time will tell.
