Nymphaea Stellata - Thai Lotus

Dwarf Lily - Thai Lotus

The Nymphaea Stellata is a colorful bulbous plant, originating from India, with unique triangular leaves. The leaves have a green, red and pink color, which will develop as the plant grows. The Nymphaea Stellata is a beautiful plant for the front or middle zone of your aquarium.

At low water levels there is a chance that the Nymphaea Stellata will bloom. Which will look beautiful in a paludarium.

The Nymphaea Stellata is an easy plant with few demands.

Tubers can lose their leaves, for example during transport by post or during aquascaping. When this happens, provided the tuber is healthy and firm, new leaves will simply sprout within a few weeks.

Other reasons why your tuber plant loses its leaves are:

• Too low a water temperature, which causes the leaves to rot

• A 'sleeping period', the plant will drop its leaves every now and then, but don't worry, it will simply grow new leaves again afterwards

Plant the tuber partly in your (nutrient) soil, try to damage the roots as little as possible and make sure that at least 1/3 of the tuber sticks out. This is to prevent the tuber from rotting.

The Nymphaea Stellata grows its leaves rapidly towards the water surface, this takes away a lot of light from other aquarium plants, regularly cut away the largest leaf growth to keep the plant low and compact.

The Nymphaea Stellata reproduces by means of shoots, when the new plant has developed roots, you can cut them off and plant them.

Place in the aquarium: front & middle zone
Max plant height: 15-25 cm, peaks possible
Temperature: 22-28ºC
Light: normal - a lot
Origin: South Asia
Dutch name: Thai lotus, Star-shaped lotus