Any advise on the most common lotus available? I have seen at least 4 or 5 types from Ah Peh farm. Anyone have any picture to share? I bought 3 from him. One green with red dots; One Red with red dots and one red only. He also selling one with mixture of green and red. I think this one should be expensive. Interesting...
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Nymphaea spec. Ceylon aka Ceylon Lotus
Nymphaea spec. Madagaskar aka Madagarcar Water Lily
Nymphaea rubra aka Red Water Lily
Nymphaea stellata aka Red and Blue Water Lily
Nymphaea lotus var. viridis aka Green Tiger Lotus
Nymphaea lotus var. rubra aka Red Tiger Lotus
Nymphaea spec. SWAZILAND aka Freckled Tiger Lotus
all pictures r from dennerle website
as for the last one with multiple colors.. someone was talking abt it
thanks for the pictures. do the last three types remain low, just above substrate, as they grow? i plan to plant lotus but want the short type. if all can grow tall, anyway to keep them short?
i think if the intensity of the light is strong then they will remain short
Simon, I have 4.6W directly over my red tiger lotus (got from Teo) and it insists on growing all the way to the surface (and these are not even the floating leaves). Everytime I trim away the floating leaves it will start low again, but within 2 leaves it will be back. You can see it in my gallery pic. Can be quite frustrating leh.
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
choy, shouldnt be like that.. wats the depth of yr tank? PL? 4.5watts is the overall calculation.. I seen lotus staying short in tanks with MH/MV...
Simon, water column is only 36cm deep, substrate is the standard JBL+lonestar. Leaves are 6-8in across, smooth-edged and some form a bowl-shape rather than spreading open fully. Lights is 2×36 + 2×18W PL (upgraded by Chan). There is no doubt it is a very healthy plant, you can even see the rhizome bulging out from the substrate…, but surprisingly still no plantlet.
Got from Teo, he uses viagra to grow his plants [:0]
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
choy,
my tiger lotus was planted almost 6 months ago.
from teo also.
only 2 weeks ago, i noticed a plantlet growing.
maybe it's a matter of time.
water column about 34cm, about 80w fl, no base fert, no fert aded to water column, only 1 horti stick monthly(2nd stick now).
thomas liew
choy, its in yr 2ft? too small for such a big plant rite?
tawauboy, no base fert also can grow lotus? you the can lah.
Simon, it is actually 80cm so closer to 3ft. Anyway there is still quite a lot of room. I think this is the thin leave type, with smooth edges, I notice a lot of people (GenX, Kingpin, etc) have the jagged-edged ones and the leaves looked thicker.
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
plantlet is growing at the side.
next to the leave stalks.
right now 2 small leaves about 1cm.
thomas liew
choy I think u got a diff species... as for y yr lotus is growing upwards.. cld be yr light.. I have my lights positioned right above the lotus but they still grow upwards.. I think for them to grow short, u need lights with better intensity
wah lau, PL light right overhead already leh. Must ask Chan to customise a magnifying glass to concentrate the lights on the lotus [----------------
On 6/14/2002 10:33:24 AM
choy I think u got a diff species... as for y yr lotus is growing upwards.. cld be yr light.. I have my lights positioned right above the lotus but they still grow upwards.. I think for them to grow short, u need lights with better intensity
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but as you say, I'm pretty sure it is a different species. definitely different from the ones at GenX and the one in Kingpin's 5ft.
I was tempted to buy a plant from GenX, but their very very tiny plant going for $20 leh. not even sure can survive the trip home or not. now I am not sure if I want to dig it up cos the rhizome must be so big by now it bring up half the base fert !
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
choy, if u want the one with thicker leave.. go for tiger lotus.. I have one green tiger and now it has a so-called plantlet, which is now as big as the parent plant.. always wanted to give it away, but i dunno how to separate them
Simon, standard way to separate plants, chop chop [----------------
On 6/14/2002 11:10:05 AM
choy, if u want the one with thicker leave.. go for tiger lotus.. I have one green tiger and now it has a so-called plantlet, which is now as big as the parent plant.. always wanted to give it away, but i dunno how to separate them
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when you find out how I chope first OK? [:]
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
was at gen-x.
saw what looks like lotus plants.
one is red with green freckles and leaves are about 3cm across and stays low.
another is green with red freckles and slightly bigger but is in a big bunch.
thomas liew
heh should have asked the price [----------------
On 6/14/2002 9:26:33 PM
was at gen-x.
saw what looks like lotus plants.
one is red with green freckles and leaves are about 3cm across and stays low.
another is green with red freckles and slightly bigger but is in a big bunch.
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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
i have red tiger lily as well as green tiger lily in my 2ft.. and they already produced huge leaves and floating leaves.. yes.. it is very ridiculous to have 2 of such lilies inside.. but they look nice...[
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u gotta trim off the floating leaves otherwise it will no longer produce submersed leaves and start flowering!
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
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My own observation is that in most lfs here, the green and red forms of Nymphaea lotus/zenkeri are the most common water lily species. I doubt anyone actually keeps the true lotus (Nelumbo sp) which is the huge plant with emmersed leaves that are held above the water surface (water lily leaves merely float on the surface) grown in temple ponds. The other species (much less common) is N.stellata,which can be seen in the tank at the back of Bioplast. There's of course that interesting 'live-bearing' red and green lily that's commanding a premium in some lfs. And the two Nymphoides species - aquatica (the Bananaplant) and indica (a local species) - both of which produce water lily like surface leaves but have smaller white flowers.
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