'Hemigraphis traian' flower - Page 2 - General Aquarium Plants Discussions

Cavan Allen · 07-11-2008, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by aquanut

the inflorescence looks like it belongs in Lamiaceae to me as well.

actually, looks like it might really closely related to Plecanthrus.

or not..

http://www.botany.com/hemigraphis.html

I think it MAY be a Hyptis species. That genus has a lot of wetland plants and some have inflorescences that look spot on with those of our mystery plant. That's only a possibility at this point. We'll see.

Tex Gal · 07-12-2008, 05:45 AM

Did I see a shameless plug for one of the "plants" (pardon the pun) on the plant finder?...

davemonkey · 07-12-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by hoppycalif

Cavan, your efforts on the plant finder are invaluable to me. That is the best compilation of aquatic plants and their characteristics I have ever seen. PlantGeek may cover more plants, but the quality isn't anything close to that of the Plant Finder here. In fact the PlantFinder is the primary reason I chose this forum to remain in when I became too busy to participate on multiple forums.

PlantFinder was how I found this forum in the first place. It came up in a google search when I was thinking about trying planted tanks awhile back. Invaluable is right!

I don't suppose there will be a hardcopy of it in the future to place on my bookshelf? (Has this already been done and I just missed it?) Of coarse, you could leave out the Genus "Pop" in the hardcopy...

-Dave

Cavan Allen · 07-12-2008, 05:17 PM

Thanks. A book version is certainly a possibility, but if it happens, it will be some time in the future and not any time soon. There is much, much more to do.

As for the 'pop' entry, it was a test entry to help iron out some problems I was having with the Plant Finder. The crowdgather folks have been really good at helping us fix stuff and it was only meant to be temporary. It was a bit humorous for a little while though...

Cavan Allen · 04-26-2009, 08:18 AM

At last... I only saw one dried inflorescence on this Hyptis species the last time, but now I've got ten on a gigantic plant that has grown well above the water and has roots dominating my 40 breeder. It could easily be three feet tall if it weren't pushing up against the light shield of my fixture. Next week I'll be removing it, chopping it up, preserving it and sending it away for ID confirmation.

Cavan Allen · 04-26-2009, 09:17 AM

I'd like to point out that the inflorescence in the original post was dried out and did not have any flowers (or even bracts) left. In addition, the entire capitula (this form of inflorescence) grows as more flowers open.

ashappard · 04-27-2009, 10:36 AM

cool looking flower! great work Cavan.

Cavan Allen · 12-07-2009, 03:24 PM

Hyptis lorentziana
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...us&spec=Hyptis

At last! I'm very satisfied to finally be able to put a proper name to this one. Information on it is quite hard to find, so I sent the specimen I made overseas and just recently heard back. It turns out - and I believe it - that it grows over six and a half feet tall! There are even a few species in the genus to be found closer to home. Next summer perhaps.

Zapins · 12-07-2009, 04:53 PM

Wow, that took ages to get the real name! Good work Cavan, this is a long fought for victory and well deserved!

Cavan Allen · 12-07-2009, 05:36 PM

Yep, it can really take a while sometimes. And some can be identified in a day if you have good material.

Here is a specimen (leaf shape is a bit distorted due to pressing):
http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/max/...ra-1946842.jpg

No more name changes for this one in the Plant Finder! I swear!