Ktttk Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 I have an amazon sword (can someone help me identify it?) that I have left in a bucket outside for a year or so now and over the summer, it has grown a stalk of flowers and small plants are appearing on it. Do i have to wait till i see roots coming out before I can remove the baby plant? Does the baby plant need to be submerged for roots to develop? Here is a pic of the plant in a bucket. And here are a couple of close ups of the baby plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Hi Kttk, Sorry, All I see is a box that says Dot Photo, not sure why this is, maybe see if other people can see it or not. I'm sure they will let you know, if they can only see what I can see. Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 I suspect dotphoto doesn't allow linking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Without seeing the pictures here's the general answer for pup plants (the little ones that grow on the stalks). Keep stalks submerged as beast as you can. When emerged from the water you'll end up with flowering followed by plantlets. If submerged you'll end up with all plantlets. Keep plantlets submerged and remove when you have a good amount of root growth and three or four leaves. Plant as you wish or sell on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 ok, i don't think dotPhoto allows direct linking so I've used a different host. Photos should show up now.. fingers crossed.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Now thats better, now there for all to see. Good Luck with ya bubba plants. Lynda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 that's quite strange because i could see the pics before, and of course i can see them now too. Wonder why that was... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted March 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Without seeing the pictures here's the general answer for pup plants (the little ones that grow on the stalks). Keep stalks submerged as beast as you can. When emerged from the water you'll end up with flowering followed by plantlets. If submerged you'll end up with all plantlets. Keep plantlets submerged and remove when you have a good amount of root growth and three or four leaves. Plant as you wish or sell on! so if i want it to develop some roots, i need to submerge all the little plants on the stalk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 Hey, pretty pictures.... hard to tell what KIND of amazon it is, but it's definitely an Echinodorus (Amazon Sword). You can try cutting the plantlets off the stalk and submerging them to grow roots on their own, but I strongly recommend setting up another bucket and bending the stalk into it so they can get nutrients from the parent plant while doing this. Here's a picture of my sword tank.... you can see the pup plants in various states of growth.... note the lack of flowers - they only appear when the stalk is emerged. P.S. - the white blobs are snails.... still working on getting some clown loaches to get rid of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 The plant looks like Echinodorus cordifolius (used to be called radicans) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted March 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Ok cool.. thanx blueandkim! I'll bend the stalk into another bucket of water and hopefully it will develop some roots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Don't cut the runners. When the plantlets are ready they will become loose and you can work them carefully until they come away. Many amazons will produce further plantlets on the same runner a few months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Having looked through my fancy aquarium plant handbook, I think it looks more like Echinodorus argentinensis because of the leaf shape but I am no plant expert. A lot of the E. sp are hybrids anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted March 6, 2006 Report Share Posted March 6, 2006 Remember that most plants look different grown out of water than under water. Unless you have a picture of the plant grown out of water it will be difficult to identify unless it looks the same in or out of water... It does look a bit like cordifolius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 Has it formed any seeds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 It pays to sell the plants while they are still at the imature leaf stage. They tend to grow rank when larger and all you see in your aquarium are the stalks. I suspect that may be why it is outside in a bucket. This is the plant the varigated swords are a first cousin to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted March 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 I have not noticed any seeds on the flowering stalks. I have to wait till the roots develop before i plan to do anything with the small plants. They were left outside in the bucket when our 4 foot tank cracked. Its been outside in the bucket for over a year now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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