spoon Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 is it gunna flower ? its shot up 3 of these stick things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 It will develop flowers at each node and then plants as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 You will need to submerse the spike to allow for plantlets to grow otherwise they will flower. Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Yeah what Matthew said. You can leave it, and you'll get a small daisy type flower that isn't as interesting as it sounds (think its 4 white petals and a yellow inside, about the size of a buttercup?), or submerge that branch and instead of flowering, it'll grow baby plants directly off the stem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whetu Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 is it gunna flower ? its shot up 3 of these stick things How about leave one of the stick things sticking out of the water to flower, and submerge two of them to grow new baby plants. Best of both worlds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 I heard if it learns it can flower, it'll keep sending more stalks up instead of sideways? Don't have them anymore and it's been a while so can't confirm or deny that claim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 27, 2008 Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 If you leave the stem emersed it will still produce plants as well as flowers (often quicker). When the plants have developed you can submerse it to get the plants to develop roots, then when developed enough you can carefully remove the plants from the stem by leavering them gently back towards the mother plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted June 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2008 cool thats awesome i will leave the big 1 out and the other 2 under the water mite have 2 get some more flourish XL (i havent used it in months) that should get it going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Hey Spoon, how did ya get on with your plant and stem etc? mine is doing the same now and is about 10cm from coming out of the water. Wondering how long it took to create little plantlets that you could remove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Hey Imsweet It will take about a week to start to produce plantlets after flowering. If the plant has plenty of nutrients it will shoot these upe every month or so, well thats from my expriences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Hey Imsweet It will take about a week to start to produce plantlets after flowering. quote] thanks Supasi, now...... how long will it take to flower? it has a little bud group thing then more stalk, then another bud thing then another stalk then one last bud group thing. (3 bud groups in total) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 They will flower and produce plants at the same time if emersed as that is how they are produced commercially. Some flower under water but not much. It is easier to grow them if they are produced submersed as it can take a while to convert them to submersed again. what species of sword is it? All Echinodorus sp. are swords. The common ones (bleheri and amazonicus) have small flowers as does martii and the others are generally a lot bigger and more spectacular. A bisexual flower with ovaries in the centre ringed by stamens and having 3 white petals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 heya sorry i just noticed ur post when i noticed the flowers it already had rather lagre plantelets i hadnt already noticed so im not sure , ii ended up cutting the plantlets off into separate plants and giving them away at the TT tank crawl as i was due to shift i was slack with CO2 and lighting so the sword suffered a bit and was unplanted for bout 2 weeks! it is now planted in white sand and has bounced right back and has heaps of plantlets again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 As far as what type?? i just brought it as an amazon sword. its only small with short stems and long wide (broad) leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoon Posted September 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 i couldnt tell u what type i have onlt that it was small and grew rather large very quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 This is the plant i have these are the things coming from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 This is the plant i have these are the things coming from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 imsweet, My sword started looking like that. THEN it turned into this lol May not be the same type, but the leaves are the same shape as mine while it was submersed. Alan may be able to id it for you, im not that great in IDing sword species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Looks like Echinodorus cordifolius (used to be called radicans). I haven't grown them for a while as they get so big. Marble Queen is a variegated form of it. I think it has large flowers if I recall correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 wow... lucky my tank has a lid. Will be keeping an eye or two in it then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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