#bacopa

[emh-photos-art]

First row shows a photo of pink lobularia flowers and a photo of a pink bacopa flower.

Second row contains a photo of a pink flower with a yellow center and a gray rock with pink flowers growing over it.

[chlorophyll-and-chitin]

Chaenostoma cordatum

23-MAY-2025

Melbourne, Vic

[waterskies]

Little update on Caius's tank~

I was told by a few people to add bacopa to the back and had been thinking about it myself, so I went and tried again with some bigger clippings. Also pushed them into the substrate deeper than last time to see if that makes a difference. Hopefully, we'll get some growth, and it'll block out the black back!

Stuffed some more baby Java ferns down the back of the dragon stone to try and get some more green in the back.

Also, I took an anubias from one of my other tanks and put it right in the center of the three rocks. I felt like it needed something in the middle there, and someone had suggested I should put a bigger anubias in here, so... voila! Caius seems to like it at least~

What do you think of the changes?

Before.

[lilworkerbee]

blue flowers appreciation post!

here are some from around the greenhouse...

plumbago "dark blue" and petunia "dekko blue"

bacopa "gulliver blue" and felicia "cape town blue"

ipomea "heavenly blue" and echeveria "caribbean blue"

calibrachoa "double blue" and nemesia "bluebird"

and lastly,

evolvulus "blue my mind" and lobelia "techno dark blue"

[flowerishness]

Bacopa monnieri (water hyssop, Indian pennywort)

Bacopa is a flower with a split personality but gardeners may be most familiar with it’s use in hanging baskets. However, in the Indian subcontinent, it has been long been used in Ayurveda traditional medicine as a treatment for memory disorders as well as a host of other ailments ranging from stomach problems to high blood pressure and anxiety disorders. 

The international medical community does not agree. When you put the term bacopa in a search engine, the results are a mixture of bacopa containing products making outrageous claims (like it’s a cure for Alzheimer’s disease) and various government agencies (including the FDA and the Indian Medical Association) denying any medical benefits at all and threatening possible court action against companies who say otherwise. Who would think that this cute little flower could generate so much controversy?

[plantaddicted]

[alien-doodles]

Fuck it bacopa with the grass skirt and eternal patience

[bigboybluebetta]

Willie got his tank rearranged today. I love knowing he has this much room to patrol and explore. ❤️