Anubias bloom!

[Menagerie]

Upon returning from a business conference, my fish convinced the anubias to bloom for me!

 

[rich311k]

Very nice Congrats, and what great photos.

 

[travis simonson]

That is awesome And the pics are brilliant. What kind of camera are you using?

 

[czcz]

Very pretty. Congrats!

 

[crazycat]

coooooooool! what kind of anubias is it?

 

[workfortheman]

Sweet pics! How close to the surface is the anubias? Maybe a pic of the whole plant, bud and leaves and all? Awesome

 

[Jchillin]

 

[BrianNY]

Excellent

 

[mrzap]

Stupid question, but can anubias then seed themself under water and grow new ones?

 

[BlazerFRS]

I dont think so. I believe I read pollen doesnt move too well underwater... thats why flowers are mostly found on land plants.

 

[Lance M.]

I've heard that you can take a Q-tip and self pollinate the flower (like Mendel and the pea plants....) but I've never done this before.

I'm still trying to get my anubias to grow....

 

[Menagerie]

After the room lights go out tonight, I will take a full plant pic and maybe someone can tell me which anubias it is

 

[Menagerie]

Here is the tank--a nonstandard 50 gallon.

For a little perspective, here is Squirrel in her favorite place.

Whole tank pics

What anubias is this?

 

[TankGirl]

Looks like Anubias barteri, coffefolia, and those pics are awesome! My nana has a bloom right now, too, but it has not opened and my camera is nothing like yours - your recent pics have been so incredible - you must tell us what camera you have! I need to put it on my list for Santa.

 

[Menagerie]

I use a similar camera to the one Fruitbat uses--Fuji FinePix S602Zoom. I got it on eBay 1 1/2 years ago and I am just now figuring it out

 

[azn_fishy55]

I think the anubias is Anubias coffefolia, your tank look wonderful and so do your plants ^_^

 

[mrzap]

and the bees probably have trouble with their scuba gear

 

[workfortheman]

Another vote for coffefolia. Great looking tank!

I got it on eBay 1 1/2 years ago and I am just now figuring it out

LOL same with mine, it's nice learning to use something after you've had it for 1.5 years!