Joe Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Some guy is selling this on TradeMe; http://www.trademe.co.nz/pets-animals/f ... 921548.htm I was considering buying it because R. occultiflora looks awesome, but then thought that me may have mislabled it (another one of his auctions is "Rotala sp. Nanjenshan" which is actually R. rotundifolia) and I've never seen R. occultiflora around before which is why I think he might have mislabled it. His picture is off the net which makes it even harder to know whether it's real or not. He also states that he "collected" it so maybe it's just oxygen weed? If it truely is R. occultiflora then I doubt it would be illegal because of course Rotala sp. is already in NZ. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 It could be Rotala hippuris- Green Pine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeebee Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 x 5 "steams" :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 It could be Rotala hippuris- Green Pine Green Pine is Mayaca fluviatilis. Rotala hippuris looks completely different. I've seen photos of Green Pine in other people's tanks and it looks very nice and I'd like some eventually. But yeah it could be Green Pine. The only reason I considered buying this is because I've never heard of it being in NZ before and it looks like a really cool plant and if it did turn out to be R. occultiflora then I'd be rapped! Although $15.00 is quite a bit just to take that chance. I'll have a think about it though Does anyone on here know the seller and has seen his plants before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 to answer your first question. NO. I hate it when people give false names to plants on trademe just to try sell something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Ok I think I might not buy it then. I think Liam is right and that it is probably Green Pine. Thanks for the helpful suggestions guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomGilberg Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 go on live a little. buy it you might end up having a badass plant... if not your'll have some other plant, cant be to bad i guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 :lol: Nah I think I'll give it a miss this time. Maybe if I do well at college and go to uni I could work for MAF and look at getting more plants added to the allowed list and we could get way cooler things then :thup: However I highly doubt that that'll ever happen :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-town... Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 go on live a little. buy it you might end up having a badass plant... if not your'll have some other plant, cant be to bad i guess... Yea but if it is Rotala occultiflora it would be deemed illegal by MAF as its not been in the country before. :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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