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crickit99   Hobbyist Posts: 136 Kudos: 194 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Jul-2004   | I just received 2 (well, 3 since 1 had 2 in the pot) plants. I have no idea what these are, and I haven't been able to find anything that looked like them. The pictures were taken w/ my camera phone, and aren't great. I made some notes under the pic's on the site. http://www.geocities.com/crickit99/plants Christina crickit99@aol.com |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45 |      |
poisonwaffle  Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003  | The plant in the top pic looks like some sort of sward plant...not sure... 2nd & 3rd pics look like some sort of aponogetons... |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45 | |
| crickit99 Hobbyist Posts: 136 Kudos: 194 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Jul-2004 | Just to add... The 1st plant... The leaves are flat and smooth with smooth edges. The 2nd plant... It is pretty stemmy (if that's a word!) and there are several stems coming out of the roots. Some leaves are a dark purple, some are green, and some are a combo of both. The leaves are long and skinny, kind of wavy w/ a somewhat jagged edge. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45 | |
| Anti Fishman Banned Posts: 478 Kudos: 402 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Apr-2004 | 1 Looks like the Large Leafed Amazon Swordplant http://www.fishstreams.net/ba 2 and 3 look like an aponogeton, not sure what kind. You will have to research the types or ask someone. I believe I have a plant the same. Does it have a bulb at the root, or is it a bunch of roots coming from the bottom of the stems? |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45 | |
| poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003 | They have a species of aponogeton that looks just like the ones in your pictures....I'm not sure what kind it is though... As stated, looking it up (google image search?) is your best bet  |
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| crickit99 Hobbyist Posts: 136 Kudos: 194 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Jul-2004 | The plant in the bottom pictures doesn't have a bulb, all the stems come down and the roots come from them. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45 | |
| crickit99 Hobbyist Posts: 136 Kudos: 194 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Jul-2004 | I was able to figure out what the one purple and green plant is! Bad news is that it is not a suitable aquarium plant as it is not really aquatic. It is a Hemigraphis repanda (Dragon Flame/Tongue). I have an LFS right by my house, which is who helped me figure out this plant. She's ordering me some Java Fern, Java Moss, and some Drawf something or other. Mystery solved on that plant! |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:45 | |
| tetraman1225 Banned Posts: 155 Kudos: 51 Votes: 0 Registered: 03-May-2003 | You are lucky you have a lfs that will order specific plants. Mine only orders big Bucket-o-plants  that has some of every common plant there is. NOne i actually want.[span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-07-27 22:02][/span] |
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