eriocaulon cinereum

[wahboy]

hello everyone,

went to the taiwan shop. saw lots of eriocaulon cinereum. the aunty claimed that a customer propagated them and gave it to her.

how does this plant propagate anyway? read in oriental catalogue and kasselmann and aquarium world mag that it is an annual.
i used to have one of it. it grew luxuriantly for a year or so before it died without any reason. it didn't even put out any inflorescence.....

wahboy

[gchoo]

Propagation depends on which sp you referring to. The one that the Taiwan lady has, can still grow to about 1.5 x bigger. It propagates by have side suckers. It is also very sensitive to the water parameters hence when you are not as attentive (for me), it starts to melt...
I dont think its an annual plant since I've been growing mine for > 1 year.

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On 1/19/2003 5:45:52 PM

hello everyone,

went to the taiwan shop. saw lots of eriocaulon cinereum. the aunty claimed that a customer propagated them and gave it to her.

how does this plant propagate anyway? read in oriental catalogue and kasselmann and aquarium world mag that it is an annual.
i used to have one of it. it grew luxuriantly for a year or so before it died without any reason. it didn't even put out any inflorescence.....

wahboy

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[wahboy]

hello,

what are side suckers? are you talking about runners? is that the way yours propagated?

i hope to find the way soon, so i don't have to spend like $8 for one plant.

wahboy

[loupgarou]

mine is showing inflorescence now.

I bought it from gchoo, it withered in my old tank setup. then in my new tank setup its blooming...

its almost directly under the mh now./

[gchoo]

Chris, yours is a different sp from the one sold by the taiwan lady.
Its the same variety sold by Teo some months back. But now his source run out liao.

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On 1/20/2003 12:00:41 AM

mine is showing inflorescence now.

I bought it from gchoo, it withered in my old tank setup. then in my new tank setup its blooming...

its almost directly under the mh now./
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