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More Plant Id Practice For Laura

Started by Guest_Irate Mormon_* , Aug 07 2007 02:42 PM

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#1 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 07 August 2007 - 02:42 PM

I love my pond - I just put stuff in there and it grows - no muss, no fuss!

Anyway, here are my latest (just harvested yesterday from S. Mississippi). One of them looks like Echinodorus - according to plantbase it grows here - could I be that lucky?

Pic 1 - the Echinodorus looking stuff...

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Pic 2 - another sword-looking plant.

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Pic 3 - ??

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#2 Guest_killier_*

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Posted 07 August 2007 - 02:46 PM

last one looks like creeping mint

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#3 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 07 August 2007 - 06:42 PM

I think#3 is Lobelia cardinalis. does it have skinny red flowers about 1.25" long, the flowers are narrow and tall

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#4 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 08 August 2007 - 03:49 PM

Harry, I did not find any flowers on this plant. It was very scarce at the collection site.

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#5 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 08 August 2007 - 03:51 PM

BTW, most of the plants I took from the Escatawba are thriving. Except for that spatterdock-looking stuff.

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#6 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 08 August 2007 - 07:09 PM

good to hear about the plants you got on that trip

check out this pic

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the plants on the lower right quarter of the picture are Lobelia cardinalis, it only flowers when its branches get out of the water. the way the stems look in your pict is also very similar to the stuff i have.

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#7 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 08 August 2007 - 10:04 PM

Look like the same plant to me too...

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#8 Guest_fuzzyletters_*

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Posted 09 August 2007 - 02:30 PM

check out this pic

wow... i want your fish :shock:

i've been looking for those everywhere... beautiful

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#9 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 13 August 2007 - 01:01 PM

OK, here's my guesses:

Plant 1 - Echinodorus cordifolius
Plant 2 - Sagittaria graminea or S. lancifolia (I would need to see the flowers up close to differentiate)
Plant 3 - still working on. Not a Lobelia.

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#10 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 14 August 2007 - 10:08 AM

OK, here's my guesses:

Plant 1 - Echinodorus cordifolius
Plant 2 - Sagittaria graminea or S. lancifolia (I would need to see the flowers up close to differentiate)
Plant 3 - still working on. Not a Lobelia.

Yes! Echinodorus! Score one for the home team! On Plant 2, there were not any flowers, but the leaf veins were parallel and longitudinal, just like on Echinodorus. Guess that doesn't help though.

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#11 Guest_teleost_*

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Posted 31 August 2007 - 11:31 PM

I hope Martin doesn't mind me tagging along in his thread but I have a mystery plant that I've grown quite fond of. It wasn't an intended target but seems to like my swampfish tank.

Before I forget, I want to thank all the green thumb forum members here for getting me back into planted tanks. My new planted tank lazie fare attitude has really made my planted tanks a pleasure.

Any who... Laura do you have an ID for this one?

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#12 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 02 September 2007 - 12:57 AM

I hope Martin doesn't mind me tagging along in his thread but I have a mystery plant that I've grown quite fond of. It wasn't an intended target but seems to like my swampfish tank.

Bladderwort - I have some of that stuff too (from the Escatawba)

I also have pictures of flowers from the Saggitaria for Laura...will update soon. I'm still stoked about the Echinodorus - after an initial adaptation period it's doing very well!

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#13 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 04 September 2007 - 11:11 AM

Any who... Laura do you have an ID for this one?

Yup, definitely a bladderwort (Utricularia sp.) It is a carnivorous plant. Those little bladders you see are actually traps. It eats small inverts like Daphnia.

Irate - I'd love to see your photos. I'm happy for you about the Echinodorus. I recently cooked mine in the sun (sniff)...

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#14 Guest_teleost_*

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Posted 04 September 2007 - 11:27 AM

Yup, definitely a bladderwort (Utricularia sp.) It is a carnivorous plant. Those little bladders you see are actually traps. It eats small inverts like Daphnia.

Irate - I'd love to see your photos. I'm happy for you about the Echinodorus. I recently cooked mine in the sun (sniff)...

Great! I'm keeping a carnivorous plant in a tank I hope to spawn fish :blink:

Looks like I'll remove this stuff unless you can assure me that it won't catch fry.

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#15 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 04 September 2007 - 11:32 AM

I have seen it written that it can catch fry, but I seriously doubt it. However, it certainly will catch the food that the fry will be looking to eat!

If you are liking the morphology of the plant for your fry tank, you may like Eleocharis vivipara instead. I think I may still have some, I'll have to look.

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#16 Guest_teleost_*

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Posted 04 September 2007 - 11:49 AM

I have seen it written that it can catch fry, but I seriously doubt it. However, it certainly will catch the food that the fry will be looking to eat!

If you are liking the morphology of the plant for your fry tank, you may like Eleocharis vivipara instead. I think I may still have some, I'll have to look.

That's very kind of you Laura but I'm just stuffing the tank with plants to keep the swampfish happy. Any plant will do and to be honest, I doubt that I'll actually get fry in the tank. Keeping carnivorous plants seems to be tempting fate though.

I'm quite fond of this plant and happy it's taken hold. I'll just move this plant to an appropriate tank.

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#17 Guest_nativeplanter_*

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Posted 04 September 2007 - 11:58 AM

I'm quite fond of this plant and happy it's taken hold. I'll just move this plant to an appropriate tank.

Glad you like it, because it can be a little hard to get rid of in a densely planted tank, especially if you aren't diligent. I'm sure you've noticed that it's delicate, and any little fragments left behind will get it started again. It seems to sprout up everywhere for me.

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#18 Guest_Irate Mormon_*

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Posted 04 September 2007 - 04:52 PM

Ok, here it is:

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#19 Guest_jimjim_*

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Posted 04 September 2007 - 07:49 PM

Irate; I'm thinking that your first plant may be Echindorus berteroi. Why? because of the fruit. E. cordifolious normally has paper thin leaves that are slightly wavy. The two often get mixed up. One real good way of finding out is E. berteroi will grow into an Amazon sword like plant if flooded. I have one in my 180 gal that started out like your top pic and look what it turned into in a couple of months.

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I hope you'll like it...Jim