Hygrophila sp 'Brown'? - Plant ID

2ManyHobbies · 07-03-2012, 05:02 PM

I picked this up a while back through Singapore plants simply labeled Hygrophila sp. Brown. Anyone ever seen anything like it?

bigstick120 · 07-04-2012, 09:16 AM

Havent seen this one, does it grow in typical hygro fashion? IE fast as all get out?!?!

Cavan Allen · 07-04-2012, 10:30 AM

Link? I think I may actually have an idea what it is. It would be helpful to know where it came from. I'd like to try to get some flowers in any case.

2ManyHobbies · 07-04-2012, 10:44 AM

Now that it is established it does grow quite fast. Any suggestion how to get flowers?

I picked this one up from Mark @ Anubias Design via Singapore plants.

asukawashere · 07-04-2012, 11:59 AM

Step one to flowering would be emersing it, especially if it tends to be low-growing or creeping as the stem in your photo appears. If it's taller, allowing it to grow up out of the water would potentially work. Hard to say what would trigger flowering without knowing at least the genus (catch 22 much?). Growing a bunch of stems and trying different conditions is the safest bet.

bigstick120 · 07-04-2012, 12:57 PM

If you dont have the means to grow it emersed, it could also flower by floating it.

2ManyHobbies · 07-04-2012, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigstick120

If you dont have the means to grow it emersed, it could also flower by floating it.

Oh yeah!

catwat · 07-05-2012, 05:38 PM

It might be what was introduced years ago as Hygrophila 'Thai', although not a true ID. Check out the second picture:

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...ants-sale.html

If this is the same plant, it has brown/bronze colored leaves and grows as fast as Hygro 'Tiger' and Hygro 'Bold'.