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Aponogeton madagascariensis

The Madagascar lace plant, famous for its skeletonised, window-like leaves. It grows submerged in clear, flowing, soft and often shaded streams of eastern Madagascar. In cultivation it is demanding: it wants cool-to-warm clean, soft water with current, and benefits from a cooler rest each year.

Aponogeton madagascariensis
Photo: William Jackson Hooker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restAquatic

Where it grows wild

Submerged in running streams and rivers, often under forest shade, with the tuber rooted in sand or gravel. Its preference for clean, soft, flowing water is well known from the aquarium trade.

Records lie at 20–1700 m, median 634 m.

MadagascarComoros

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.