manini

Ludwigia pilosa emerged




Hopefully I can get some flowers out of this plant.

ddavila06

honestly, it looks just like any other weed out there lol! is really pretty underwater though =)

Cavan Allen

Interesting. I wonder how much the pubescence of the leaves depends on humidity. Any flowers? Those should be neat.

manini

I am hoping that it flowers soon. Other than that, none. I will post it out if I ever get any.

manini

Emerge and submerged plants together....

manini

Photo of L. pilosa just about 2' tall

wabisabi

Awesome! Is that Hyptis lorentziana in the back?

manini

Yes it is...good catch.

Cavan Allen

I added a photo to the PF of a herbarium specimen with both leaves from a mature emersed plant and with stolon leaves. Note the stolon leaves, which are basically what we see in submersed culture(on the right), are arranged much farther apart than cultivated plants.

Nice stand of pilosa. Care to share cultivation details? I'm growing mine under T5s in my 40 breeder.

There is a closely related species (L. ravenii) that is somewhat smaller and could be really nice too, but it's quite rare (naturally) and might be pretty hard to find.

Cavan Allen

I'm starting to wonder if this isn't actually the hybrid of L. pilosa and L. sphaerocarpa, two species that frequently hybridize and occur in the area of the original collection. The leaf shape and pubescence looks more or less intermediate between the two. Please take some good photos should it flower and prepare to press some specimens.