What kind of plants are these?

[ThomasG07]

Can someone please tell me why kinds of plants these are

 

[George9]

First one looks like wisteria and the second one looks like maybe rotala indica, not 100% sure on that one though

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

First one def looks like water wisteria to me, second one does look like rotala indica to me to...

 

[aqua_chem]

The fact that the bugger is growing sideways in the second picture makes me thing that it's rotala rotundifolia.

 

[George9]

The fact that the bugger is growing sideways in the second picture makes me thing that it's rotala rotundifolia.

Out of curiosity, whats the difference between the two? I can never tell them apart.

Sorry to sort of hijack your thread

 

[Wiggles24]

Indica is kinda purple isn't it?

 

[George9]

Indica is kinda purple isn't it?

Mine is red and green

 

[aqua_chem]

Rotala rotundifolia has been used synonymously with rotala indica for many years, but they are very much distinct species. True rotala indica was previously also called ammania bonsai.

Rotala Indica:

Rotala Rotundifolia:

Rotundifolia has many, many variations, ranging from oranges to pink to purple, and then there's just plain green. They've all got names too it seems (colorata, green, Singapore, etc).

 

[DanTheGuppyMan]

I have some rotala magenta (same thing as rotundifolia, it's just a deep red/pink color) and some colorata. The Magenta colors up nicely while the colorata stays green. Mine also tends to lean and the stem grows in odd directions.

 

[Rivercats]

I thought Rotala Magenta is actually Rotala Macrandra v. Narrowleaf. It's not a color variant of Rotala Rotundifolia. Under high light my R. Rotundifolia wanted to grow horizontally and was actually trying to carpet so it got removed.