Plant Recommendation Please

[Rlon35]

OK, I really am struggling to pick out a final plant, the centerpiece. I need one for the rear center of my tank. It must tolerate warm water and pretty good current. It needs to grow high and flow to the side with the water flow, but I also want it to have a little bulk to it. In this tank, my foreground is dwarf hairgrass, backed by 5 medium lava rocks with riccia on them and that is backed by driftwood of low height, stretched throughout the middle of the tank. The background had crypts, an amazon sword, and one whole corner of rotala walachii. This will be a planted discus tank...

 

[lljdma06]

OK, I really am struggling to pick out a final plant, the centerpiece. I need one for the rear center of my tank. It must tolerate warm water and pretty good current. It needs to grow high and flow to the side with the water flow, but I also want it to have a little bulk to it. In this tank, my foreground is dwarf hairgrass, backed by 5 medium lava rocks with riccia on them and that is backed by driftwood of low height, stretched throughout the middle of the tank. The background had crypts, an amazon sword, and one whole corner of rotala walachii. This will be a planted discus tank...

How bold a statement do you want to make?

If it were me?

Option A - a big, fat Nymphaea zenkerii (red)

Option B - a big, fat Barclaya longifolia (flowers readily under water, very cool orchid-type flower, leaves are nice and bend with current)

Both species tolerate warm water very well and are showy.

llj

 

[Rlon35]

Option A - a big, fat Nymphaea zenkerii (red)

Option B - a big, fat Barclaya longifolia (flowers readily under water, very cool orchid-type flower, leaves are nice and bend with current)
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I definitely though about the top.I kept reading that red should be kept out of the center, but your 'option B' is just perfect. That plant is beyond cool, and I can't believe I never noticed it before