supasi Posted September 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Hmm, small insects that like to eat carrion. Maybe ants as well? Quite possibly, but I would be guessing and saying that it is probably a flying insect as alot of these plants grow with the base of the plant submerged. Maybe they are just opportunistic and just hope something climbs on in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 A lot of these bisexual flowers will self pollinate with the pollen just falling or being dislodged with the wind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 I grow Blk Lilly plants which depend on insect pollination. I usually brush to insure good pollination. Big problem with these types of plants are that if the flower fulls up with water the flower roots and fall off before the seeds have fully developed.so it is best to empty of the liquids that get stuck inside for great seed results.Is it the same with this Lilly type plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 These flowers are the only way often to properly identify Cryptocoryne species because they vary so much under growing conditions. The pics would be worth adding to the plant data base if you are sure of their identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 These flowers are the only way often to properly identify Cryptocoryne species because they vary so much under growing conditions. The pics would be worth adding to the plant data base if you are sure of their identity. That is the plan. Time is something I am quite short of lately. Intentions are to write up a whole article about Id'ing crypts and growing them to produce flowers. A lot of my crypts are in a very sorry state at the moment as I have cut down my tanks considerably and they are just being stored in tanks that are not quite ideal for their preferred conditions. As time allows I will restart my project and try getting the ones I never got to flower and a new one I have come across going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 A lot of my crypts are in a very sorry state at the moment as I have cut down my tanks considerably and they are just being stored in tanks that are not quite ideal for their preferred conditions. Want me to baby-sit some for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 A lot of these bisexual flowers will self pollinate with the pollen just falling or being dislodged with the wind This is true with most flowers, but crypts, being the unusual plants they are, have evolved a method to prevent self pollination. The male and the female parts ripen at different stages. Once the female part is ready to be pollinated the male part is past its best. This is why insects are the best pollinated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 This is true with most flowers, but crypts, being the unusual plants they are, have evolved a method to prevent self pollination. The male and the female parts ripen at different stages. Once the female part is ready to be pollinated the male part is past its best. This is why insects are the best pollinated. So pollination and pollen fallen from its self when male part is at its best onto the female part has past its used by date when female is ready ?. flower can only be pollinated from another flower who male part has ripened at the same correct time and has been transmitted on by insect or other means at correct time. ? Nature A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Do these plants also full with liquid making a wine smell and attract the insects which pollinate and then come to their death in the soup of fermenting alcoholism smell. A Carnivorousness plant. Or one that causes much death to its helpers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted November 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 Correct, and as these plants tend to grow in large groups and are all experiencing the same environmental conditions at the same time, it is quite common to have lots all flowering at the same time. The life of these flowers varies from one to four days before they melt. In saying this, sexual reproduction seems to be the secondary form of reproduction in Crypts. Most are produced by plantlets on runners from the parent plants. Seed is likely to be a way of spreading itself as the plants grow in boggy and seasonally submersed areas where the flow of water will help distribute the seed pods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted November 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 do these plants also full with liquid making a wine smell and attract the insects which pollinate and then come to their death in the soup of fermenting alcoholism smell. a Carnivorousness plant. or one that causes much death to its helpers. These plants do have smells particular to each variety but o they do not have water in the flower. C. cordata for example smells like a dead rat. It took me a good hour of searching my fish room till I discovered the source of the smell. C. walkerii "lutea" smells like musty old socks. They are not carniverous and the only purpose of the flower is to pollinate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 These can be brought at plant shops in the pond plant sections with the water Lilly and Fly traps etc ? I want some. Can also set tank with hydroponic ball thingy s in a contained section with a gap at the bottom so that the the fish crud feeds them. instead of dirt ?. Do these Hydroponics balls thingy s let of harm full chemicals into the water ? can they also be used in canasta filters as well as I think they might be VERY VERY CHEAP ?. Will they root and grow well like this. or must be in Dirt. $2-$3 plastic baskets with floats on or legs placed in the fish tanks aqua-ponics. lettuce etc. hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted November 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 These can be brought at plant shops in the pond plant sections with the water Lilly and Fly traps etc ? I want some. Can also set tank with hydroponic ball thingy s in a contained section with a gap at the bottom so that the the fish crud feeds them. instead of dirt ?. Do these Hydroponics balls thingy s let of harm full chemicals into the water ? can they also be used in canasta filters as well as I think they might be VERY VERY CHEAP ?. Will they root and grow well like this. or must be in Dirt. $2-$3 plastic baskets with floats on or legs placed in the fish tanks aqua-ponics. lettuce etc. hahahaha Burn, I suggest you use google and read up about Cryptocorynes. They are tropical plants and you wont find them at the local garden centre. Also, your posts are so hard to follow. Not everything you write makes sense. Maybe its just me but I find it hard to understand what you are getting at in you posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddle69 Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 lol if you got any more you want to get rid off i still have room in my set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Any one in Auckland growing and selling these plants . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 not a WTB column Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURN Posted November 15, 2011 Report Share Posted November 15, 2011 Heaps of crypts plants around. Do they all flower and do they flower at certain age or size ?. Age related ?. I also am most apologetic if any one feels their intelligence has been tested with my questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted July 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Revival, Maybe??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Welcome back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Revival, Maybe??? That would be great. Your knowledge has been missed. I'm happy to send you some of my varied and unknown species (only a few species) if you want to give them a shot to see what they are. (I suspect a few who have received mine in the past would love to know also). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 By typing "revival" i think you have made up your mind.. Welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Welcome back. Just read through this thread, I think I need more crypts, and need to start an emersed setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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