Adrienne Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Heres mine - pics not fantastic but the best my camera and I can do - these are what the plants were sold/given to me as Echinodorus cordifolius marble queen Osiris sword (don't think this is right though) Vallisneria sp. 'Contortionist' (sold to me as Java fern!) Red pine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Your osiris is one of the common amazon swords (either E. amazonicus or bleheri) Hard to tell which from the pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Your osiris is one of the common amazon swords (either E. amazonicus or bleheri) Hard to tell which from the pic. What do you think about the 'redpine' alan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 It is definately red pine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 It is definately red pine. Thank you Alan!!!! There has been a lot of doubt cast over this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Isnt redpine the common name for a few plants? So what ones this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 It is a moot point. Some think it is Mayaca, others that it is Rotala wallichii. I think it is Mayaca as every time I have bought R. wallichii and flowered it the flowers are like R. rotundifolia and I understand R. wallichii flowers are white. I don't grow it so perhaps someone might like to convert some to emersed and flower it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 how do you do that Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Hi Alan, I have some of this 'redpine'. How would i go about converting it to submerged? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Sorry! Suppoed to be a PM :oops: :oops: And i used to wonder how others got new post and pm mixed up :oops: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 You grow it in shallow water with good light and let it develop into the emersed form. You then take the emersed growth and put it into water to get it to root then grow it like a potplant until it flowers. The other way is to do what our friend is doing to flower Cryptocoryne species. I don't grow it because it requires more light than I use and probably wouldn't even grow in sunlight without extra lights so most people would not be able to grow it successfully. Emersed plants generally need less light than submersed so it is converting it that is the problem. I can grow glosso and Ludwigia arcuata emersed but not submersed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 This plant needs high light?\ Its groing in by big tank that has basicly no light :oops: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Lilaeopsis Novae Zelandiae How can i get sum of this, is it a hard plant to grow? thanks and sorry for hijacking the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 my 'red pine' looks nothing like your 'red pine' and is in fact redder than the picture shows. My tank is not highly lit either but the shoots don't come through green and then turn red they come through with the red tinge on them. The plant is extremely slow growing and delicate and the leaves are pretty small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 The plant s not red through low light. Adodge a pic would be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 Do you mean of the whole plant Alan? Will try as you can see the plant is not very big, it grows very slowly and if anything knocks into it it breaks off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 There is a red and green variety and I think they are both Mayaca (others may not agree) Some green varieties of plants may show some red in good light (see ambulia above) so it is hard to say what you have unless you grow both plants in the same conditions. Although I have not seen it I would suspect that Rotala wallichi would be more like Ludwigia arcuata and be a firmer leaf like other Rotala sp. whereas mayaca is more like a myriophylum with softer leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Ok, who can spot their pics? http://moana.digitalnetwork.co.nz/~fnzasor/index.php?PG=plant Some have not been loaded until we are absolutely clear as to what they are. Thanks for your efforts to date, keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I don't think your Echinodorus osiris is that, It looks like Echinodorus red rubin. Also rose sword is not E.osiris it is a completely different plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Ok, will try and sort this out - this is what the Plant Committee is for! Most of this info was taken straight from the plant database on the old site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Not blaming anyone---I could be wrong and "this is what the plant committee is for". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Not blaming anyone---I could be wrong and "this is what the plant committee is for". Whos on this plant committee?? Ive got some photos if you still need some. Will check that link tonight to see what is still needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 http://moana.digitalnetwork.co.nz/~fnza ... G=officers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spink Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 I know I sent through a lot of photos, but some of them aren't there and there are no other pictures of the same plant, eg java fern. Any reason for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted December 19, 2008 Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 The plant database is a work in progress, and the forum updates have been monopolising our time of late, once the forum changeover has been completed to our satisfaction, we can pay some attention to the main site again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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