Help Plant ID

[Et66]

Hi, please help identify this plant that hitchhiked with the Staurogyne I bought.
The taller plant among the Staurogyne.
It grew much faster than Staurogyne and has slight reddish/brownish tinge on the leaves.
Thank you.

[thebaldingaquarist]

Looks like polysperma

[Dodofish]

Your scape looks interesting. Care to show a pic?

[David]

Hey..Et66, where did you buy that? I have been hunting all over Singapore for this plant. Its a Luwegia SP emersed form if I am not wrong. Very popular plant in Taiwan. Looks similar to a Luwegia Cuba just that the leaf blades are slightly wider. Quite a demanding stemmed plants. Needs cooler waters 25 to 26. strong lighting if you want the top section to be red. High nutrient sucker.

If you get it right, the top section will be bright red, as it grows upwards, the red turns yellow and finally green as time passes. They are very beautiful and should be grown in a bunch and mostly as a show piece.

Just to give you an idea how it looks like:



The above is the Luwegia Cuba...the Luwegia SP is much nicer.

[Et66]

Your scape looks interesting. Care to show a pic?

Hi, here is a picture of my tank.

[Et66]

Hi David,
The picture you posted looked very different.
The plant was bundled together with a pot of Staurogyne I bought at Green Chapter. Maybe Shopmaster Ronnie can help?

[magpie]

From the picture attachment, I think the plant david is mentioning is Ludwigia sp. "pantanal".

[Dodofish]

Oh u posted in another section before, looks really good. hope mine will spread nicely by the time I m back in sg.

[magpie]

I correct myself, the picture David attached is Ludwigia Cuba.. The one that is popular in Taiwan should be 红太阳 aka Ludwigia sp "pantanal".

[Et66]

Hi, David and Magpie,
Thanks for the plant ID. I hope it grows to be so beautiful!

[Et66]

Hi Dodofish,
I am sure the E Tenellus will spread.
It is supposed to be one of the easier plants to grow. I was told it will spread faster if you trim it short.
Your tank looks simple and nice.

[David]

@magpie, thanks...I finally got the full name of that plant.

@Et66, based on you description of the plant and the picture I am quite sure it's the Luwegia I am talking about. The LFS has the emersed of which I am waiting for his show tank to be over grown and he will have to sell it some how.

[Et66]

Hi David, someone is selling Ludwigia pantanal in Buy/Sell section.

[David]

Thanks bro for looking out for me. I just got a whole bunch of it from an LFS in KL. I waited patiently for 3 months till he had to prune it down.