What Plant Is This Based From?

[hervoicewasgray]

Are there any plants like these in the pictures? I've been looking but haven't found any, I'd love for them to be real as then the pacu could nibble on it, and it'd be softer cover for Moxie...I worry about that plant always getting uprooted and scratching up her sides, and hopefully it'd be bigger.

 

[Noto]

They are based on terrestrial houseplants. The first is dumbcane (Dieffenbachia species), so named because calcium oxalate crystals in the tissue can cause swelling of the tongue if the plant is chewed. The second is prayer plant (Maranta leuconera) or a related species.

 

[msjinkzd]

Anubias are probably the most similar to those sorts of broadleafed plants. You can also get some species of anubias which have some striation to the leaves.

 

[zackxf]

Here are some Anubias plants, I think there may be more too. http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_list.php?category=1&filter_by=2

 

[hervoicewasgray]

Oh, awesome! Thank you guys so much!!

 

[hervoicewasgray]

Also! Would regular silk house plants be fine in a tank, or no?

 

[Plec123]

yes but youre better off with live plants such as crypts or anubias if youve got low light.

 

[seds]

They are based on terrestrial houseplants. The first is dumbcane (Dieffenbachia species), so named because calcium oxalate crystals in the tissue can cause swelling of the tongue if the plant is chewed. The second is prayer plant (Maranta leuconera) or a related species.

This guy is right, I used to have the "dumbcane" plant in my house. Looks a lot like that, pattern, leaf shape and color.

It is not an anubias, though, that is the closest aquatic plant. Varegated anubias are way less patterned than that.

 

[justonemoretank]

She can't do live plants because she's got a Pacu in the tank, and they'd make short work of the live plants. I've often wondered about doing silk houseplants as well, so that's a good question.