Anubias Frazeri

Anubias 'Frazeri'

Also known as Anubias barteri x heterophylla, Frazer's Anubias

FreshwaterRhizomeRhizome division

Care at a glance

Light: Low light
CO2: CO₂ beneficial
Temperature: 72–82°F; 22–28°C
Max height: 9.8 in; 25 cm

Growth rate: Slow
Placement: Epiphyte
Type: Rhizome
pH: 6.0–7.5
Hardness: 2–15 dGH
Spread: 5.9 in (15 cm)
Nutrient uptake: Root + water column
Growth region: Submersed or emersed
Difficulty: Easy
Family: Araceae
Origin: Cultivated hybrid (parent species from West/Central Africa)

Overview

Glue or tie the rhizome to driftwood or stone and never bury it, buried rhizomes rot and the plant recedes. It is one of the hardier, faster Anubias and grows well in low light with no CO2, though CO2 and root or column feeding speed it up. Keep it in gentle flow and shaded spots to slow the algae that tends to spot Anubias leaves.

In the wild

Frazeri is not a wild plant, it is a nursery hybrid whose parent species come from the shaded, slow-moving streams and forest floors of tropical West and Central Africa. Like all Anubias it grows attached to rock and wood along the water's edge, with the rhizome creeping across the surface rather than rooting into mud.

Good to know

A member of the arum family (Araceae), Frazeri is a garden hybrid usually credited to Anubias barteri crossed with a taller species (sources disagree between A. congensis and A. heterophylla). Because it is a hybrid, it carries no valid wild-collected species name and is written as the cultivar Anubias 'Frazeri'. It shows the classic Anubias trait of tough, waxy, leathery leaves that resist being eaten by herbivorous fish.

Did you know

Frazeri grows noticeably quicker and taller than most Anubias like nana petite, so it fills a midground or background gap that the tiny Anubias never could.