My emersed growth experiments are flourishing. Seriously. I found 2 flowers tonight, and tons of buds forming on some pretty cool species. Hygrophila "Araguaia", Limnophila rugosa, Cardamine lyrata, and Gratiola brevefolia, just to name a few. Here's a couple flowers so far.
Very nice! Any luck getting fruit on the Lindernia?
Have you tried any Syngonanthus?
Yes sir. I have several very tiny fruit forming on the Lindernia, and I have a couple flowers being pressed for you now.
So far, I'm 1 for 5 with the Eriocaulaceae family. That Tonina is the only one I've been able to successfully convert to emersed life. I've tried 3 Syngonanthus and Eriocaulaceae Type 2, and none of them did much of anything before finally dying off.
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Lego, some seriously nice stuff you got there. Your photography is outstanding, and your plants are pretty amazing too. All those flowers are beautiful!
Ok time for a big update. I've been on a planted tank hiatus lately, but my emersed grow-out project is still going strong. I've only lost a couple species overall, and the rest are doing absolutely phenomenal. Things are growing and flowering much better than I expected, and I am very pleased with how some of these are doing.
Gratiola brevefolia
Gratiola aurea
Lindernia "India" - these flowers are so tiny I can't get a decent shot of them
Well done! You're growing some great plants, and the photos are beautiful. I image we'll be seeing some of them in the PF soon.
In return for some specimens, I will send you some Gratiola viscidula. I'm almost certain the Lindernia is L. rotundifolia. Any fruit yet? The Bacopa should be relatively easy to ID. Does it have an odor like B. caroliniana at all?
Thanks Cavan! I have a few of the Lindernia pressed for you already. I'm going to make specimens out of a few others for you if you want them (L. "Sulawesi", H. "Araguaia", L. "Red") and send them all at once. The Lindernia's flowers are maybe 4mm across. So small my macro lens can't take a decent picture without a very wide aperture. But it does flower prolifically.
About the Bacopa, I haven't grown B. caroliniana for years, so I honestly can't compare the odor. It does have a citrus-like scent that most Bacopa have though. By the way, any clues on the real identity of B. "Japan"? I have a pot full of it, but no flowers yet. I'll be happy to send a few stems your way if you'd like to experiment with it.
I should have a few species of Polygonum with flowers for you as well. Both P. "Kawagoneum" and "Sao Paulo" are flowering profusely right now.
The 'Japan' could be B. innominata, but that's only a guess (with the possible execption of B. monnieri, there are no Bacopa there). If the corolla is white, that could be telling. I collected some of that species to cultivate and compare, but unfortunately, it melted.
Thanks for making the specimens. Getting fruit for them really helps.
I wonder if the 'Colorata' is really B. caroliniana. Could be. Again, it shouldn't be that hard to ID. The Hygrophila though...a tough one. Very tough.
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