Tanis

Hey guys,

so yesterday i went to my LFS and they finally had some plants in and growing well, so i quickly lashed out and grabbed myself 2 bundles of assorted plants. i devided them up and tied them down to rocks/driftwood but then some questions popped into my head.

what are these plants and can they actually attach themselves to anything? when i baught them they where planted in the gravel so im somewhat confused.

heres some pics of them and ty for your time.

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Shawnie

they actually look like hornwort..but im no plant expert..check out plantgeek.com and im sure other members will have more help

cerianthus

Torn b/n wisteria and watersprite?

namehater

i was thinking the leaves looked like watersprite as well

Chrisson

2 of them look like Egeria Densa.

Tanis

apon closer examination with all your suggestions ive determined that there is 3 types of plants kicking around in there, 2 being unknown and one being wisteria.

boy am i glad plantgeek.com exists, ty for recomending shawnie

pepetj

My thoughts:

The bundle with the broad leaves seems made with cuts from the upper part (closest to surface) of Hygrophilla difformis. They were likely kept in a well lit tank (they might grow that large in direct sunlight in the tropics).

I keep them but I can tell you that this is the plant, among those I have tried, that really suck up nutrients in the water column fastest. They need high light but if kept in large numbers, can deplete trace minerals in no time, specially in smaller tanks.

You can tell whether they lack nutrients or not by noticing if the leaves closer to substrate are decaying.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

Butterfly

The bottom pic seems to have a bit of this in it.
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=52
Carol