Limnophila sessiliflora is a good and undemanding plant. I find that this plant grow so fast is gets leggy when grown in high light with CO2. However if grown in high light without CO2 this plant will grow slower with closer internodes, but it will not have the red tint color. It will be more of a dark to lime green.
I hope you really like trimming plants because this plant can need trimming twice/week in high light and CO2 conditions. I sell most of my cutting at the LFS. The trick I use to get the best looking cuttings to sell is let the plant grow on its side at the top under high light. IT will turn red and the internodes will be closer together. I all so do this just before taking photo's in show tanks. This will give you the best look for this plant. Another thing I do to help this plant from looking to leggy is trim by cutting the longer tops leaving the bottoms with small shoots. As this plant grow it becomes bushy and the long space between the internodes are not as noticeable.
Here you can see a bushy plant. If there longer stems trimmed the shorter stems will fill in and give this plant a thick bush look. The only problem is the look will not last long. The fast growth of this plant is unbelievable.
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