Cymodoceaceae
Oceana serrulata
Oceana serrulata
Also known as Phucagrostis serrulata, Cymodocea serrulata, Kernera serrulata, Posidonia serrulata
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Seagrass · Aquatic · Marine · Tropical · Indo-Pacific · Cymodoceaceae · Submerged · Coastal · Conservation · Specialist
Oceana serrulata is a tropical seagrass found in shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and is not suitable for conventional home gardening or indoor cultivation. It requires full submersion in warm, well-lit marine or brackish water and is primarily of interest to specialist marine biologists and conservation projects. This species is extremely difficult to cultivate outside of its natural habitat.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Fully submerged in shallow tropical marine or brackish water · Continuously submerged — aquatic species
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Aldabra, Bangladesh, Borneo, Caroline Is., Comoros, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-Shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines
Sources: trefle
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