scarabeus

I got this nice red plant from a sales-tank in local aquarium shop with only the tag "Ludwigia".
Can anybody make more specific identification? Would be handy to know the full proper name as I might be wanting more of these.

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asukawashere

Looks like Ludwigia repens to me. It's a great plant, very easy to grow.

btw I moved this to the plant ID board, which is where requests for IDs should go

Yo-han

My guess too! One of the easiest red plants I owned.

Cavan Allen

It looks like Ludwigia sp. 'Rubin'. What that really is remains to be seen though. In any case, it grows quickly, so you should have plenty before long.

Yo-han

Don't think it is 'rubin'. Rubin is even more red than the one in my picture, even under low light. And mine is under high light, so why do you think it is ludwigia 'rubin'?

Cavan Allen

Leaf arrangement (often irregular), color, leaf shape.

asukawashere

Now that I look at it closer (i.e. not right after I woke up) I think you're on to something, Cavan (then again, you usually are). The OP's plant looks like it has alternate leaves, and L. repens has opposite. I'm not as sure the color or leaf shape tell us much, since they're so variable in Ludwigia spp., but I'm curious to know what you're thinking about them...

Cavan Allen

The petiole is a bit longer, and they're a maroonish red top and bottom.

This plant may be a hybrid between L. repens or something closely related and a plant with alternate leaves. Leaf arrangement is sometimes alternate, sometimes sub-opposite.. just inconsistent, as if it doesn't quite know what it wants to be. Working on that...