"Anubias" can be grown emersed (above water). Most plants sold are grown emersed on plant farms. If grown emersed and kept humid, flowers and seeds will normally readily form. An emersed or semi-aquatic keeping is possible under conditions of high humidity. Reluctant to flower even in emersed culture. Emersed plants readily produce flowers and seeds but it can be grown submersed as well. They do not feed while emersed, but may return to water at night to feed. Emersed leaves shaped like the floating leaves, slightly leathery and shorter petiolate. Northern Aquitaine became emersed and the sea withdrew in stages southward to the line Arcachon-Toulouse.