Hello All,
I just received a plant from a member from tpt that he sold as eleocharis belem. (which is what I thought I was getting) but when it arrived, it looked a lot like eleocharis parvula (which I already have a ton of). I know that it is difficult to distinguish, but I was under the impression that "belem" has a more compact and shorter, curved blade growth, usually less than 3". And parvula has a straighter blade and grows much taller.
Is anyone able to tell from the pics below if the plant I received shares more characteristics of either parvula or belem? I was hoping to find a hairgrass that would grow less than 3" tall ideally for my nano tank. there is such a hairgrass out there right?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Walter
I just received a plant from a member from tpt that he sold as eleocharis belem. (which is what I thought I was getting) but when it arrived, it looked a lot like eleocharis parvula (which I already have a ton of). I know that it is difficult to distinguish, but I was under the impression that "belem" has a more compact and shorter, curved blade growth, usually less than 3". And parvula has a straighter blade and grows much taller.
Is anyone able to tell from the pics below if the plant I received shares more characteristics of either parvula or belem? I was hoping to find a hairgrass that would grow less than 3" tall ideally for my nano tank. there is such a hairgrass out there right?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Walter
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This isn't the first I've heard of this happening recently.