Ludwigia pilosa emerged
By: manini
August 20th, 2011
5:49 pm
Ludwigia pilosa emerged
Hopefully I can get some flowers out of this plant.
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By: manini
August 20th, 2011
5:49 pm
Ludwigia pilosa emerged
Hopefully I can get some flowers out of this plant.
20 comments on "Ludwigia pilosa emerged"
August 20, 2011 at 5:58 pm
honestly, it looks just like any other weed out there lol! is really pretty underwater though =)
August 20, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Interesting. I wonder how much the pubescence of the leaves depends on humidity. Any flowers? Those should be neat.
August 21, 2011 at 1:49 am
Interesting. I wonder how much the pubescence of the leaves depends on humidity. Any flowers? Those should be neat.
August 25, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Emerge and submerged plants together....
August 25, 2011 at 6:16 pm
Photo of L. pilosa just about 2' tall
August 26, 2011 at 1:03 am
Awesome! Is that Hyptis lorentziana in the back?
August 26, 2011 at 2:29 am
Awesome! Is that Hyptis lorentziana in the back?
August 26, 2011 at 3:53 pm
I added a photo to the PF of a herbarium specimen with both leaves from a mature emersed plant and with stolon leaves. Note the stolon leaves, which are basically what we see in submersed culture(on the right), are arranged much farther apart than cultivated plants.
Nice stand of pilosa. Care to share cultivation details? I'm growing mine under T5s in my 40 breeder.
There is a closely related species (L. ravenii) that is somewhat smaller and could be really nice too, but it's quite rare (naturally) and might be pretty hard to find.
August 29, 2011 at 7:37 pm
I'm starting to wonder if this isn't actually the hybrid of L. pilosa and L. sphaerocarpa, two species that frequently hybridize and occur in the area of the original collection. The leaf shape and pubescence looks more or less intermediate between the two. Please take some good photos should it flower and prepare to press some specimens.
August 30, 2011 at 6:49 pm
Have you collected L. sphaerocarpa? Would be very interesting to see how they look submerged. I hope that they flower soon. Now you got me curious.
Specs as how the plant is grown? Outside, in full sun, in a pot of dirt taken from the yard. Hahaha....only in Hawaii!