Nymphaea Rubra Bulb* Live Aquarium Plants Water Lily Java Moss Fern Anubias Fish Nymphaea Rubra is native to Asia and is quite an easy to grow plant in the aquarium. It requires bright lights and a rich substrate in order to thrive, but otherwise makes few other demands in an aquarium. A beautiful and very varied species with reddish leaves, before forming floating leaves Nymphaea rubra forms many underwater leaves If you don't want floating leaves, prune the roots and leaves a nutritious bottom encourages growth. When the plant grows older it sometimes sends a flower stem up to the water surface with an aromatic, elegant lily flower. Suitable for indoor aquariums.