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Looks similar to the one posted by Ronnie here. Pistia stratiotes ?
I need help to ID this floating plant. Don't know what is it called. If possible can provide some background information of it?
This is its roots..
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Looks similar to the one posted by Ronnie here. Pistia stratiotes ?
Garrett, spare a thought to those on dial-up and either resize or compress the image further. [It really takes too long to download]
IMHO, contradictory to what Bill believe, I say it isn't a morph of Pistia stratiotes. This floater is too distinct from 'water lettuce' to be the same plant.
Gan, it is the same floater as mine and does grow much faster than Limnobium laevigatum (Frogbits).
As to what it really is, the jury is still undecided (maybe some of the folks at APD would know).
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
Ronnie,
Maybe we should try to grow it in an outdoor pond (Choy ?) and see if it reverts back to the original form.
Great idea! Gan, I used to run experiments on plant growth behind the lab, along the back corridor, where the area receives very strong daylight.
Will set up a tub and dump some floaters to see if I'm wrong. [anyone else trying it shouldn't forget the platies for mozzie control, ya?]
Maybe then, we can solve the mystery.
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
The cat is out again, I hope it doesn't get killedOriginally Posted by RonWill
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It is the same plant that I got from, err. . . that cat.
This floating plant definitely looks like a Limnobium sp., possibly Limnobium spongia. I remember having both laevigatum and spongia at one point, but I forget which is which.
If it's not laevigatum, could be spongia. Process of elimination.
Carlos
Hm, Sorry about that loading thing. I am quite a newbie in photography and I believe this is my first time posting pictures. Pardon me. I got this floater from Eco-culture. So up til now, I don't really know whats it's scientific name and its information. I tried to search the net but all of the websites I searched did not give me the correct one. So, need the experts from here.Garrett, spare a thought to those on dial-up and either resize or compress the image further. [It really takes too long to download
IMHO, contradictory to what Bill believe, I say it isn't a morph of Pistia stratiotes. This floater is too distinct from 'water lettuce' to be the same plant.
Gan, it is the same floater as mine and does grow much faster than Limnobium laevigatum (Frogbits).
As to what it really is, the jury is still undecided (maybe some of the folks at APD would know).
As for whether it grows fast or not, I have kept it together with some frogbits and found that it was growing slow. However, I have a feeling that this floater takes in lots of nutrients as my frogbits are growing yellow.
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That is by the way, a lovely little floating plant. Does it grow well under flourescents or is the humidity under the hood murder on the poor thing?
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