Which one of these not worth to buy from Taiwan?

[cwtan12]

I asked my Taiwanese ex colleague to source for plants in Taipei and she gave me a long list in Chinese. After searching the pics and names (not sure whether correct or not), I have shortlisted it based on what I like. Otherwise I wont have enough tanks to accommodate all.

金伯利粉絲太陽 Eriocaulon setaceum
澳洲吐血穀精 Hydrocotyle verticillata
尼泊爾穀精
澳洲細葉穀精II型 Eriocaulon sp from Australia Type II
澳洲細葉穀精 I 型 Eriocaulon sp from Australia Type I
菲律賓穀精
小穀精 Eriocaulon cinereum
南美細葉大穀精 Eriocaulon sp Mato Grosso
廣州穀精 Eriocaulon sp from Guang Zhuo
越南穀精 Eriocaulon sp. from VIETNAM
絲葉太陽草
大葉穀精 Eriocaulon* sexangulare* L.
【超】紫紅浪草 Echinodorus sp.
迷你寬葉穀精 Eriocaulon (mini TACO)
日本貉藻 Aldrovanda vesiculosa from Australia
紅花貍藻 Utricularia foliosa
南投鼓精 Eriocaulon nantoense Hayata
蓮花座寬葉太陽 Tonina fluviatilis from Sao Paulo
台灣水韭


So which of them are easily obtainable locally so that I dont have to get from there? I may delete a few more from the order based on your comments.

[Justikanz]

You do realised that you might recieve a ton of requests to tumpang?

I guess a lot of the Eriocaulons will be quite expensive here... Maybe you can get some pics and base purely on price and whether you like them? Oh, this is giving me a good idea of what I can buy during my trip there...

[Nicky]

Otherwise I wont have enough tanks to accommodate all.

Don't worry.. send me a PM and I can definitely 'help' if you have this problem.

On the serious note, some of these plants can be obtained locally from sources such as greenchapter. Nonetheless, you obviously need to know how much it cost in Taiwan for you to make a comparison, right? Who knows some of us may hitch the order with you if the price is right.. hehe..

[andrewtyr]

All eriocaulon need CO2 right?

[cwtan12]

Tumpang a few plants can but not too much as I am not a seller. I will limit to a small DHL box this shipment. Somemore I am getting a favour from a petite lady ex colleague. I cant get her to carry the big box around when she is shopping for it. Not confirmed yet. Now just found the sellers. Hasn't even got the price confirmed.

[Justikanz]

Just curious and did a check on two of the plants mentioned... Like not easy to keep leh...

尼泊爾穀精 - Eriocaulon nepalense
生長高度:10CM上下
適宜溫度:水下 24-28度C/水上22~34度
PH值範圍: 弱酸
硬度:低
CO2添加:需添加
光照強度:中度～強光
繁殖方式:
水缸種植位置:前中景草
種植難易度: 普通
生長速度:緩慢;
重肥:是
Infomation from http://coralbbs.twbbs.org/cgi-bin/to...m=33&topic=180

Image from http://gerryweb.myweb.hinet.net/Erio...Eriocaulon.htm

And seems like Eriocaulon spp. are very popular in Taiwan...

And this is a plant native to Taiwan:
台灣水韭 - Isoets taiwanensis

(Image from http://www.ymsnp.gov.tw/web/webpage....t93_c4-543.htm)

More and more interesting... Keep us updated on your choice and subsequent keeping of them...

[andrewtyr]

Fu Wo has that plant above, one forumer bought it for $10 I think.

[cwtan12]

hahaa..sure if i manage to get them. Now still not confirmed yet. She just found the sellers...

[cwtan12]

Fu Wo has that plant above, one forumer bought it for $10 I think.

I think it's cheaper than the price I am quoted... If it's really the same, I will get it from Fu Wo instead

[andrewtyr]

You should try, of course it's subjected to while stocks last. btw, eriocaulon must need CO2?

[valice]

Gu Jing cao was at one stage very expensive... The ao zhou (australia) da gu jing (Erioculon) was like 4x bucks at one stage... A slow grower apparently... Now I don't know wh'at the price already...

But 10 bucks seems abit cheap...Maybe a different species...

[SmallFish]

Nice looking plants ... but looks very demanding too ...
possible reason why they aren't found here in Spore ?!

[cwtan12]

thanks for all the advices