hydrophyte

I found this open this morning. It made my day.



I also posted this shot in the "Emersed Culture" forum, but post here again wondering if anybody might know variety for this plant(?). Here is a shot of the whole specimen in a riparium planter cupr



Any ideas?

illumbomb

Hi, this seemed to me to be closer to C. pontederiifolia as compared to C. cordata.

hydrophyte

illumbomb, thanks. that seems to be the consensus. but what do you thin about the leaf color? isn't it very different from what is described for pontederifolia? perhaps i have a strange pontederifolia(?).

illumbomb

Hi, I have seen C. pontederiifolia with such brownish colour in the leaves before (see below).

hydrophyte

wow! thanks so much. those look just like my plants. you have such great pictures.

i have this same conversation going on another forum. would you mind if i link your photo?

what time is it where you are right now?

illumbomb

Hi, sure, just use it. The photograph was taken in Singapore, C. pontederiifolia was introduced into a forest stream here by aquatic plant farmers to make use of the nature to propagate them for sale.

I am from Singapore, it is 01:54hrs now here in Singapore, I am a night owl!

hydrophyte

Thanks very much. I will link to that as reference. That is a cool picture. Someday I wan to set up a display like that in a very shallow tank with shallow water at one end and emergent crypts growng up on a little sandbar.

So it must be June 17 there in Singapore right now(?).

rs79

I've had a PON plant grow brown leaves. Nutrient poor, submersed, low (grow lux light) and ignored for a year. When I got around to looking at it, the leaves were brown.