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Old 10-02-2009, 02:20 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default rotala's id

i have two different rotala's in my tank, both of which i thought were rotundilfora, but when i look at the leaf structures they are actually different, i was hoping you could try id them from bad ascii drawings

rotala #1 has 3 leaves per internode like this:

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so when viewed from the top it looks like a star:

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rotala # 2 has two leaves per internode like this:

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so when viewed from the top it looks like a cross:

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they both go red under high light, the 1st one grows more sideways, while the 2nd one grows straight up...

this is the 1st - just left of center:



this is the 2nd - bush in the middle:



what are these two different rotala's?
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