Pls help identify.. =)

[learner]

hi guys

bot this plant from the je 217 24 hr lfs... cheap cheap..$1 only...
for fun mah.. coz i never really see red stemmed (quite woody too) plants in aquariums... quite a slow grower.. but leaves are getting longer....

pls help ID... haven't seen this at all..

[learner]

oh.. forgot to add.. in the first pix, difformis on the left.. so frogbits floating around.. i want to ID the plant with the huge leaves

2nd pix quite clear although photo not well taken... white balance not adjusted nicely...

[David]

hi learner

the plant with the big leaf looks like the Hygrophila Stricta

[pipsqueak]

At first glance, It looks like its from the Hygrophilia familiy, upon checking my reference, it looks like a Hygrophilia corymbosa var. siamensis (Giant Hygrophila)

Take Note: I'm no expert, just comparing the pictures and voicing my opinion, this kind of things let the experts handle, hehe.

[pipsqueak]

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On 1/13/2003 11:41:32 PM

hi learner

the plant with the big leaf looks like the Hygrophila Stricta
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Haha, see, see!
Leave the id-ing to the experts!
Just browsing through my newly aquired book and it says hygrophilia stricta has reddish brown stems and leaves are green in the submersed form.

[Simon]

possible Hygrophila angustifolia or stricta, but also it can be in it's emersed form...

[David]

Hi Simon

the leaf coloration (light green blade, and darker green around leaf veins) in the second picture suggests submersed leaves.

[learner]

wow.. u guys really know your plants..
i think it looks slightly more like Hygrophila stricta... i got the pix from dennerle website......

u guys are amazing..

thanks guys....

(btw, if anybody interested, i giving away a few stalks..)

[learner]

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On 1/14/2003

Hi Simon

the leaf coloration (light green blade, and darker green around leaf veins) in the second picture suggests submersed leaves.
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yup... it has been there for at least 4 weeks.. but then again, some plants may need more than 4 weeks to convert

[Simon]

david is rite, from the pics, the leaves looks soft.. usually, u can find fine hairs on the emersed leave

[TTL]

1) je 217 24 hr lfs

Where is this place?

[learner]

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On 1/14/2003 12:33:44 AM

1) je 217 24 hr lfs

Where is this place?
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it's at jurong east.. blk 217A actually.... it's a 24 hr lfs.. eh... near shuqun sec school.. there's an indian temple there.. what street? sorry.. i don konw leh.. paiseh..
somewhere near the telecoms there...

oh.. if u are checking it out for plants, don bother.. they just anyhow throw some potted plants in some red basin..

[lorba]

Hygrophila angustifolia's leaves are long narrow, and a bit yellowish look under light, no?

The plant looks like Giant Hygrophila to me. I got it cheaply at Heng Soon. I have the Stricta too. Confirmed by the staff with his ordering caterlog. Stricta's leaves are broader and rounder near the stem, while my Giant Hygro have longer and thinner leaves.

[sherchoo]

H. stricta have rather thick green stems. They usually grow out of the water. Can't see the pic clearly so I wouldn't know which you got. There is another one with thinner red stem (forget the name) which I'm having in my tank. I'll have a check when I get back home from my business trip. If I'm not wrong it should be H. angustifolia.

[ectan]

Agrees with lorba.

Augustifolia has longer leaves.

Think its the giant Hygrophila corymbosa.

[pipsqueak]

Learner! you have pm!