Blyxa japonica flower

**Justikanz** · 15th Mar 2006, 02:32

Hmm... Just to share... Several of my Blyxa japonica floated up and one of them flowered... They already had flower stems for a week but they were all underwater till now...

Sorry for the over-brightness... T5HO...

**FishFan** · 15th Mar 2006, 21:38

Interesting! I have seen some buds before from new wads of Blyxa that I bought from the LFS never seen them flower before.

**kayser78** · 18th Mar 2006, 14:39

interesting. i had blyxa japonica for almost a year and never see it bloom before

**kadios** · 18th Mar 2006, 14:47

To have the flower stalks, give them lotsa light. If the leaves turns reddish or have "patterns" on them, then you are not far away from having the flower stalks soon.

Cheers!

**kayser78** · 19th Mar 2006, 08:53

ok. i have some of them turning slightly red. will wait and see if it blooms. maybe that weill be the time when i strike toto!

**juggler** · 26th Mar 2006, 22:02

In my opinion, I think they need to be close to water surface to send the flower stalk out of the water to bloom. Just like what Justikanz experienced.

I once bought some B.japonica and let it lie in a shallow pail by the balcony. It flowered too. Those planted in the deep tank did not flower.

**seed75** · 27th Mar 2006, 01:35

good photography skill there bro... I had my 'Giant' Blyxa Japonica with blooming flower like those you have before. Interesting thing is that it will have around more then 4-5 flower stalks surfacing always. Love that cute little white flower with yellow heart...

**juggler** · 27th Mar 2006, 12:02

'Giant' Blyxa Japonica ... that would be Blyxa aubertii, right?

**StanChung** · 27th Mar 2006, 16:17

yup...that one flowers all the time.
there's another blyxa that also called also called blyxa aubertii but it grows like a vallis that's found locally in malaysia. wonder which is the real mccoy.

**seed75** · 28th Mar 2006, 06:35

Originally Posted by juggler

'Giant' Blyxa Japonica ... that would be Blyxa aubertii, right?

yup... hope i am not going too far away from the original topic...

**Ting** · 30th Mar 2006, 23:01

Hi guys

any idea what kind of environment this plant likes, other than strong lights, cool water? cos I tried a few times, but in the end always fail. the leaves just break off, and in the end left nothing...

**valice** · 30th Mar 2006, 23:47

It loves nitrates... Grew them before in a low-tech tank... So CO2 not a must...

**StanChung** · 31st Mar 2006, 00:38

a myth it needs strong lights. it looks greener in low light in fact.

**valice** · 31st Mar 2006, 00:42

In strong lights, the leaves become lighter green and reddish spots starts to appear... Will thus screw up your scape colour scheme sometimes as a result...