Hosta - aquatic plants???

[rubysoho]

I think the internet ate my question so I'll repost. Sorry if it somehow turns up and this becomes a double.

I found some decent looking plants in Walmart last night. One included a plant that looks an awful lot like Hosta. I didn't think this could be a fully submerged plant. It was just $3 so I nabbed it along with another plant. When I was planting it in my tank, I noticed the Hosta was just a clipping, but there was a nice root system starting to develope. The leaves are much slimmer than the terrestrial version. Anyone seen this before? Can this plant be submerged? Is it really hosta?

Thanks!

 

[Fruitbat]

rubysoho...

Any chance of a picture? There are some Cryptocoryne species that superficially resemble some of the Hosta varieties so you may indeed have an aquatic plant.

While Hosta itself is a moisture-loving, low-light plant...I have heard of very few reports of it growing submerged and even those reports don't mention how well it does in the long run.

-Joe

 

[rubysoho]

hmmm... well, I won't have access to a digi camera for a while and I couldn't find anything similar on the net... would this drawing I made in paint help? The stalk is very thick, just like my picture. The colors are pretty accurate... the leaves are a bit longer than the picture and there are more of them, but they do not have long stems connecting to the stalk.

 

[Tiffi]

It seems to have a white border, am I right? Those plants are most times not aquarium plants and will slowly decay in the tank. Sometimes it's not even sure if they might release some toxins into the water .

 

[rubysoho]

blah... figured that would be the case. Oh well

 

[Tiffi]

Maybe you can pot it and set it at your window .

 

[rubysoho]

good idea lately I've collected a bunch of plants for whatever reason... my apartment is starting to look like a garden (it didn't help that my school's homecoming theme was "aloha" and my club bought a bunch of plants for our float... guess where all of them ended up!)