Advertisements
Aquatic Avenue Banner Tropica Shop Banner Fishy Business Banner
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 48

Thread: Red Tiger Lotus – a flowering diary…

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore

    Red Tiger Lotus – a flowering diary…

    Advertisements
    Fresh n Marine aQuarium Banner

    Advertise here

    Advertise here







    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore

    Re: Red Tiger Lotus – a flowering diary…

    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    135
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Wah ....man! Kewl! Amazing! Now, some questions for you, hwchoy!


    1. Is this the first time your Red Tiger flowering?

    2. What's your way of trimming the plant?

    3. I noticed, especially from the first pic, that there's this 'white cottony' stuff near the base of the Red Tiger? Well, I do have that on mine too. So, is that normal? Do you do anything to scrub it off?

    Thanx for reading....hope my questions are answered.

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore

    Re:

    [quote:185f3d09="aizaspurz"]1. Is this the first time your Red Tiger flowering?[/quote:185f3d09]
    No, long ago flowered once before, dark pink with yellow centre.

    [quote:185f3d09="aizaspurz"]2. What's your way of trimming the plant?[/quote:185f3d09]
    Just cut off the leaf stalk at the base near the gravel lor :P

    [quote:185f3d09="aizaspurz"]3. I noticed, especially from the first pic, that there's this 'white cottony' stuff near the base of the Red Tiger? Well, I do have that on mine too. So, is that normal? Do you do anything to scrub it off?[/quote:185f3d09]
    So you must have the same type as mine, thin-leaved version right? In the next post I will show the leaves from top.

    The thin-leaved version has a rhizome, very small one when I bought it from Teo. The growing apex has this white/purplish fluffy “fur”, its part of the plant, don't scrub!

    The thick-leaved version doesn't have a rhizome and don't have this fluffy stuff.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore
    Submersed leaf (left) and Floating leaf (right) of this Thin-leaved Red Tiger Lotus. The floating leaves lose their red pattern as they age.

    The halfbeak near the submersed leaf is about 4cm long.

    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    135
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Thanx for the pointers and prompt reply hwchoy.

    But I got another question for you.....just to clear my doubt.

    From the AQ plant database, can I confirm that that flowering Red Tiger of yours is also called 'Nymphaea lotus rubra'?

    Here's mine :



    Well, I asked a lot hoping to see mine flowers too....

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore

    Re:

    No, mine is not the rubra as you can see from my leaves picture. And my submersed leaves are very thin and easily punctured.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    135
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re:

    [quote:f2d7967c85="hwchoy"]No, mine is not the rubra as you can see from my leaves picture. And my submersed leaves are very thin and easily punctured.[/quote:f2d7967c85]

    Hmmm, no wonder they looked different.

    Well....thanx for sharing anyway.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Seng Kang
    Posts
    366
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore

    Re:

    [quote:c6b1f395e0="hwchoy"]Submersed leaf (left) and Floating leaf (right) of this Thin-leaved Red Tiger Lotus. The floating leaves lose their red pattern as they age.

    The halfbeak near the submersed leaf is about 4cm long.

    [/quote:c6b1f395e0]

    Actually I thought this is the Queen of Siam, no? Because the submersed leaves look exactly like mine, which I got from Teo's, who told me it was the QOS.
    Cheers
    Boon Yong

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore
    No Boon Yong, this is not QoS. I heard from another forumer that QoS has thick leaves. Can you confirm? Anyway I got mine long long ago before QoS came on the scene.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    135
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Hehe, can see that it's growing taller each day!

  12. #12
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore
    hey Aizaspurz, was nice to meet your brother at the workshop. I'll make a video with the daily picture
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore
    check it out (original post), growing darn fast!
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  14. #14
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore
    for those with big tanks, a tiger lotus with floating leaves makes a nice display too as the underside of the leaves has nice coloured patterns.

    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  15. #15
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    135
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Hi choy. Got question for you again

    In pic 3, wat's that 'landmine thingy' on the top left of the bud? Is that part of the plant? If yes, what plant?


    p.s. Oh yah, my brother fishie told me he saw most of you guys during the photography rendezvous too

  16. #16
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore

    Re:

    [quote:99bbe29405="aizaspurz"]
    In pic 3, wat's that 'landmine thingy' on the top left of the bud? Is that part of the plant? If yes, what plant?
    [/quote:99bbe29405]

    Horned snail
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  17. #17
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore
    check out the original post, expecting it to break surface tomorrow or the day after, growth is accelerating!
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  18. #18
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Singapore
    Posts
    135
    Feedback Score
    0
    Country
    Singapore
    Hehe, I was looking for updates yesterday....today then saw it

    Keep updating.......

  19. #19
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Tampines, Singapore.
    Posts
    7,920
    Feedback Score
    0
    Images
    7
    Country
    Singapore
    OK guys, check it out. it broke through the surface just now. The pics ( Day 8 ) was taken one hour apart, during which it grew 1 cm from fully submerged to breaking through the surface.
    why I don't do garden hybrids and aquarium strains: natural species is a history of Nature, while hybrids are just the whims of Man.
    hexazona · crumenatum · Galleria Botanica

  20. #20
    Join Date
    Jun 2003
    Location
    Bedok North, Singapore
    Posts
    471
    Feedback Score
    1 (100%)
    Country
    Singapore

    Re:

    [quote:6bb3199c05="hwchoy"]No Boon Yong, this is not QoS. I heard from another forumer that QoS has thick leaves. Can you confirm? Anyway I got mine long long ago before QoS came on the scene.[/quote:6bb3199c05]

    Halo Choy,
    My QOS has actually turned into thin leaf after settling down in my tank for more than 3month. And the leaf texture or pattern is exactly like yours. I bought from petmart and it was quoted as QOS. Lets put aside the real name...yours look exactly like mine...and mine in the market is quoted as QOS...so what exactly is it? ...don't care lah :P ...

Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •