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Hygrophila pogonocalyx

An upright, roughly 50 cm Acanthaceae of wet places endemic to lowland Taiwan, grown by aquarists both emersed and submersed. It wants warm, humid, bright conditions with constantly wet roots and a mildly cooler winter.

Hygrophila pogonocalyx
Photo: 夊問 小įĒŠ, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodAquatic

Where it grows wild

Marshes, ditches and stream margins in lowland western and northern Taiwan, rooted in saturated mud and often partly submerged. Habitat detail is generalised from the genus and the Wikipedia note that it grows in wet places.

Records run from near sea level to 800 m, median 250 m.

Taiwan

🔒 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 CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.