Adrienne Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Is Indian fern, Water fern, Water Sprite, Water Wisteria all the same plant with a different name? Have been looking on tm and all of them look like the plant I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Indian Fern/Water Sprite= Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern = Azolla? (The one listed as water fern on TM isn't Azolla Sp.) Water Wistera = Hygrophila difformis HTH Google IS your friend 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Indian Fern/Water Sprite= Ceratopteris thalictroides Water Fern = Azolla? (The one listed as water fern on TM isn't Azolla Sp.) Water Wistera = Hygrophila difformis HTH Google IS your friend 8) Yep I know google is but all the pics look the same on the auction site and I wanted something similar to the one I have (don't know which it is though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Perhaps post an image of your plant, then we can I.D and find you an auction/auctions with that plant for sale in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Heres a couple of shots of it. The discus kept wanting to be in the pics lol also any ideas as to what the pine is - is it red pine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 AFAIK- The fern is Ceratopteris thalictroides/Indian Fern & Water sprite. Pine "looks" like red pine. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 it is red pine, though some will argue that it is rotala wallichii; and some will argue they are both the same plant. the green one is indian fern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Thanks guys. I've seen the other one that looks like red pine and it is very similar although not the same. Animates has both in the tank side by side and you can see the difference. Hey Phoenix - the sword you sent me has thrown out a shoot thats about 20cm long - grown that much in about 3 days! It looks the same as the other big sword I have in my plant which has a shoot at just over 60cm atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 yeap. that sounds about right. mine shout out 3 shoots. 1 of them was a flower shoot that got burnt and the other 2 are runners. the plant gets massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I've currently got the loan of a T5HO double light fitting and thats been running on the tank for about 3 weeks with about 5 days turned off in the middle of this time (my holiday lol) and in about another week I will be running 2 T5HO double fittings on the tank permanently. The lighting is starting to definitely improve the growth rate of my plants and the red ones are finally becoming redder. I don't mind the big swords and a couple will shelter the discus from the high lighting which will keep them happy. Last year I just cut the new shoots off and planted some and gave the others away to forum members. My other big sword is one of these ones so will most likely do the same this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted May 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Can someone give me the correct name for the red pine and its genus? Joe would like to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 has to be rotala wallichii,http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plantfinder/details.php?id=76&category=plant_type&spec=Stem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 There is a discussion over what it is. Green pine is Mayaca fluviatalis and some claim red pine is another variety of Mayaca and others that it is Rotala wallichii. I have bought Rotala wallichii on a number of occasions, converted it to emersed growth and flowered it and it has the same leaf and flower as Rotala rotundifolia. I am waiting for someone to flower red pine and see what they get. R. wallichii has a white flower. You pays your money and takes your pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 where does red pine orginate from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted May 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 There is a discussion over what it is. Green pine is Mayaca fluviatalis and some claim red pine is another variety of Mayaca and others that it is Rotale wallichii. I have bought Rotala wallichii on a number of occasions, converted it to emersed growth and flowered it and it has the same leaf and flower as Rotala rotundifolia. I am waiting for someone to flower red pine and see what they get. R. wallichii has a white flower. You pays your money and takes your pick. I have seen the R. wallichii and mine is different to that. Its 'leaves' are not as fine and wispy as the wallichii. How would I go about 'flowering' it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 give it to me :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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