A brand new Eriocaulon from Thailand promises to be one of the most exciting dwarf Erios in the hobby. The new plant is called Eriocaulon “Ban Ba Wa” after the region of Sakon Nakhon in the Northeast of Thailand where this petite Erio was discovered. Eriocaulon “Ban Ba Wa” is a miniature species which reaches just over 1″ in diameter or about 4cm. When compared to the grain size of the regular Aquasoil in which it is planted, it is easy to see that this is one tiny Erio. So far we have only seen this plant distributed in Hong Kong and Japan but hopefully it will be a matter of time before we see some “Ban Ba Wa” around in the U.S. freshwater plant hobby. Big thanks once again to Daniel^~^ for sharing the wonderful image of this exciting new plant and follow the break for another look at Eriocaulon “Ban Ba Wa”.

The images below are from Japanese freshwater specialist Aqua Making.