Cyperus Haspan
Cyperus Haspan
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Dwarf papyrus (Cyperus haspan) is a small sedge with slender triangular stems topped by a starburst of fine green bracts. It is a striking plant, but it is a marsh and bog species rather than a true aquatic, and being straightforward about that matters: it is grown emersed or partly emersed, with the roots wet and the stems and crowns in air.
Aquarium care
- Not a long-term submerged aquarium plant. Held fully underwater it declines and eventually rots, however good the lighting is.
- Best used in paludariums, ripariums, bog filters and open-topped tanks where it can grow up out of the water.
- Plant the roots in saturated soil, gravel or an aquatic planter basket, with the crown at or just above the waterline.
- Wants bright light. A well-lit window position or strong lighting above the water line suits it.
- Propagates by division of the clump, and the flower heads will root if bent down into wet substrate.
- Feeds through its roots, so a planted substrate or root tabs serve it better than water column dosing.
This is a plant for paludarium and riparium builders, and for turtle setups with a planted margin.
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