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A few months ago I bought a plant from Petco which I thought was Bacopa monnieri. However, having kept Bacopa monnieri before I noticed right away that the leaves of this plant were way too long and differently shaped than the small leaves of B. monnieri. It does look like some kind of Bacopa, though, and it grows exactly like Bacopa monnieri. The leaves are pretty thick and sturdy and "fleshy", similar to the various Bacopas (although the leaves of this mystery plant seem to a tiny little bit thinner). Now the biggest leaves are almost 2 inches long, although they are smaller when bought from Petco.
I have included pictures below in case someone can help me identify this plant. I have been searching all over the internet for pictures of a similar plant, but could not find anything. I have been growing this plant emersed for about 2-3 months now (I've been using MiracleGro for the last month and the plant really took off) and the pictures below are of the emersed growth. However, the submersed growth looks pretty much the same. The leaves anbd stem are actually bigger emersed, but I attribute that to the MiracleGro. It is always available at Petco, so I doubt it's some rare plant. Could it be some kind of artificially crated/bred variety of Bacopa monnieri? Any ideas? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
A few months ago I bought a plant from Petco which I thought was Bacopa monnieri. However, having kept Bacopa monnieri before I noticed right away that the leaves of this plant were way too long and differently shaped than the small leaves of B. monnieri. It does look like some kind of Bacopa, though, and it grows exactly like Bacopa monnieri. The leaves are pretty thick and sturdy and "fleshy", similar to the various Bacopas (although the leaves of this mystery plant seem to a tiny little bit thinner). Now the biggest leaves are almost 2 inches long, although they are smaller when bought from Petco.
I have included pictures below in case someone can help me identify this plant. I have been searching all over the internet for pictures of a similar plant, but could not find anything. I have been growing this plant emersed for about 2-3 months now (I've been using MiracleGro for the last month and the plant really took off) and the pictures below are of the emersed growth. However, the submersed growth looks pretty much the same. The leaves anbd stem are actually bigger emersed, but I attribute that to the MiracleGro. It is always available at Petco, so I doubt it's some rare plant. Could it be some kind of artificially crated/bred variety of Bacopa monnieri? Any ideas? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!




