A. Plants reproduced must conform with the following definition of an aquatic plant: an aquatic plant is one that, in the wild or native site, can be found in the submerged state as a normal occurrence at some time during the course of any calendar year.

B. Plants submitted for verification must be identified by the individual participant and confirmed by the ECAAC committee. If correct identification cannot be made the species in question may be assigned a code number for recording purposes until identification can be made.

C. Propagation must occur in the member’s own tanks or facilities as defined below:

1. Floating plants – doubling the original amount.
2. Stem plants – doubling of the original amount to be determined by a root count of growing stems.
3. Reproduction by runner or division – one healthy plant capable of living independently from the parent plant while the parent plant is still alive and in good health. Bunch plants are not part of this classification.
4. Sexual Reproduction – one plant reproduced from seed produced from the aquarist’s own parent plant.

D. Proof of propagation is defined as one portion, bunch, or plant, from the submitted propagation verified and donated to the regular monthly meeting auction.

E. Propagation points will be awarded after proof of propagation and submission of a completed HAP report form. Points will only be awarded once for any individual defined species. No additional points will be awarded for multiple modes of reproduction, flowering, or colour varieties.