Carlos & Siran Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Siran bought this about a month ago, the lady didn't know what it was, our first thought was that it was a vallisneria of some description, we had a look on the the plant ID page on here but it didn't seem to match anything there...Ideas? Anyway, this last week the tips of some of the leaves have gone yellow, then brown, a couple of the thinner leaves have gone brown entirely, does this plant need special ferts or treatment? we are putting in DIY Co2 tomorrow. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Some sort of crypt, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Could be a sagittaria grown emersed but some of the leaves look a bit wide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted March 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 the leaves grow long and thin like valisaria for about 20cm then the tip goes round, looks quite unusual, any ideas about the yellowing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Looks like Sagittaria grown emersed and the yellowing is the dieing emersed growth. Maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 looks like a emersed sagittaria as alan said. leaves thin out as it grows submersed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Could be a sagittaria grown emersed ... +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 +1 it is. see it quite often in the shops. spoon shaped leaf does not stay permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 And the yellow is the emersed leaves dying off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Sagittaria and some of the smaller chain swords have the spoon shaped leaf when emersed but Sag has seperate male and female flowers and Echinodorus flowers are bisexual. The cell structure is more obvious in sag leaves. Probably S. subulata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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