Lilaeopsis Brasilensis Aquatic Farmer Tissue Culture

Plant Profile

Common Name: Micro Sword, Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis, also known as Micro Sword, is a go‑to pick for aquascapers wanting to recreate a realistic, classic grass lawn look underwater. With its short stems and pale green, blade‑like leaves, it behaves almost exactly like tiny aquatic turf. Once it settles in, it sends out a web of runners that knit together across the foreground, turning your tank into a neat little yard. It’s a super versatile plant that brings a fresh, tidy texture to any layout, making it a long‑time favorite in both traditional and nature‑style scapes.

Tissue Culture cups ensure your aquascape gets a super clean starting point. Lab‑grown and fully sterile, it arrives without pests, snails, duckweed, or any unwanted algae. It’s the go‑to option for anyone who wants peace of mind when adding fresh greenery to a carefully maintained setup.

Key Features & Benefits

• Recreate a vivid, realistic underwater lawn effect with its short grass-like foliage.
• Benefit from a remarkably resilient species that can even tolerate low salt concentrations in brackish aquariums.

Care & Planting Instructions

• Ensure you thoroughly wash away or soak off the nutrient gel from the roots with your fingers before dividing and planting.
• Plant the tissue culture in small clumps spaced about 1.4 to 2 inches apart to give the runners room to spread and fuse into a single, seamless carpet.
• Provide plenty of light and avoid shading from taller neighboring plants so it can maintain a compact, low-profile growth habit.
• Feed it well by keeping the water column and substrate nutrient-rich, while maintaining standard tropical temperature ranges.
• Propagate easily over time by allowing its natural runners to spread, or manually split dense clumps and cut off daughter plants to move them around.
• Master the prep and planting process by checking out a beginner's guide to tissue culture plants to prevent your delicate new plantlets from melting or floating away.

Quick Facts

Listed information should be treated as general guidelines only. Team Buce Plant encourages you to do thorough research to ensure healthy growth!

• Family Name: Apiaceae
• Origin: Southeastern South America
• Height: 1.18–2.36 inches
• Placement: Foreground
• pH: 6.0–7.5
• Temperature: 70–82°F
• Care Level: Medium
• Light Requirements: Medium to High
• CO2: Recommended
• Propagation: Runners, Splitting, Cutting daughter plants
• Growth Rate: Medium