It's Gratiola sp not Eusteralis Stellata var ?????

[Alfa Low]

I realized the plant above is getting popular among us( It is in the tank of Simon, Alan Koh and Award Winning tank of Jacian), however, after i kept the plant in my tank for a few months, I found it totally different from Eusteralis Stellata, so I surmised it is not the sub-species of ES.

After I sought the advice from Toshihttp://www.e-aquaria.com/exp_jkropp.html.He told me the plant should be called Gratiola sp.

I would like to know your comment about this plant.

Thank you.

[DEA]

very possible
nesaea pedicellata looks much the same too, except not as red

[Simon]

great work alfa

[budak]

Ya, Alfa. It's Gratiola sp. all right. The upward angle of the topmost leaves are clearly different from the umbrella effect of Eustralis.

It's somewhat less fragile than Eustralis, but still be careful when handling the bottom end when planting. If hold too hard, can tend to melt. But otherwise very easy to propagate - just let reach the surface and develop a nice big head and cut it somewhere in the middle of the stem and replant. the bottom half will readily grow new side shoots. Other than that, bright light, softish water, fair CO2.

[DEA]

HEY!!!

do the flowers look something like this??

[Alfa Low]

DEA,
Yes, that is the emerged form of Gratiola sp.

[DEA]

oh ok ^ ^
this plant is exceedingly easy to grow
but once the thing grows out of the water, it will ignore the submersed leaves and send them all to hell

[Alan Koh]

Hi Alfa,

Thanks for pointing out the correct name of this plant. I was still confused with the real name of it, I read from the taiwan magazine that this plant is called Eusteralis Stellata var. However, this is a much easier plant then the real Eusteralis Stellata. I do have some pic of them, I will put out for further discussion.

[Alan Koh]

Hi all,

The following should be a Eusteralis stellata(1st pic)? This is quite a slow growing plant as compare to the another one(2nd pic). So anyone can tell me the correct names of these two plants?


1st Pic


2nd Pic

[budak]

Ya, the 1st pix is Eustralis stellata. and the 2nd is Gratiola.

I find that after pruning, Gratiola sprouts out only one or two side shoots, which nonetheless develop into robust new stems readily.

But if you snip off an Eustralis stem, leaving a thick stump behind, numerous side shoots and bottom shoots will emerge from the stump, and after a while produce a very fine looking plant. You can do this ad infinitum until the bottom stem gets straggly.

[DEA]

no budak
my gratiola grows 100000s of new stalks from cut ends

[jacian]

Anyone have info on Gratiola sp. None of my plants books have the information on this plant.

[Alfa Low]

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On 1/26/2002 12:23:52 AM

Hi Alfa,

Thanks for pointing out the correct name of this plant. I was still confused with the real name of it, I read from the taiwan magazine that this plant is called Eusteralis Stellata var. However, this is a much easier plant then the real Eusteralis Stellata. I do have some pic of them, I will put out for further discussion.
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In fact, i am not 100% confirm of the name []
I just raised the topic for dicussion.[]

[Alan Koh]

Hi Alfa,

No worry, we are all here to share what we know. I will check out further and keep everyone updated. If anyone knows, please kindly help to contribute to this discussion.