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	can anyone id this plant for me?
jase101 Big Fish Posts: 345 Kudos: 273 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Jul-2004	hi folks, i kept this plant a long time ago, and i don't think it is rare, but because i don't know the name i can't track it down in the shops... it grows from a tuber, sends up a long stem with a narrow crimped leaf which often gets very long - maybe 45 cm or so. it also sends up an off-white flower with a yellow stamen on a long stem, which floats on the surface... any ideas gratefully accepted, justin
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
AW0L Enthusiast Posts: 181 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jan-2004	sounds like a apon plant, theres many diffrent types so without a picture its hard to id.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
clownloachfan Fish Addict Posts: 660 Kudos: 850 Votes: 115 Registered: 10-Oct-2003	I dont think its an aponogeton because he said it grows from a tuber. I take this to be as some wierd type of microsorium or anubias species. I dont really know. Tuber could mean a rhizome.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
AW0L Enthusiast Posts: 181 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jan-2004	it could mean a rizome not sure on what he ment by a tuber ether. i thought tuber was like rose bulbs which are somtimes called tubers. so i thought it was a bulb. plus it says it sends up a flower and crinkeled leaves. its very hard to get anubias to send up a flower unless its emersed and even for that it can take months for it to get to the surface. while a apon grows farly fast for a few months before it settles in.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44
jase101 Big Fish Posts: 345 Kudos: 273 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Jul-2004	thanks guys, done my research, it is apono crispus. 15 years ago i used to grow it in river sand (straight from the river on my farm)which was incredibly nutrient-rich, so it used to grow crazily both in speed and size. so i just thought it might have been a different plant from the comparatively smallish ones i see in petshops... anyhoo, thanks again justin thanks for your health.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:44


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