Zezmo
Aquarium Advice Addict
The Echinodorus cordifolius "Tropica Marble Queen" is one of my favorite plants. I started growing it about a year ago. My original plant grew many plantlets and has since been sold. I grew one of the plantlets to a full plant. That one was featured in many of the pics of my old 55 gallon tank. That plant also produced many plantlets, one of which I tossed into my low tech 29. It has grown slowly in there, but in the last month it has finally matured and put out its own plantlets.
Last week, I has a first. The emmersed buds of the largest plantlet flowered. Here are a couple shots.
After a couple days the flowers dried up, I clipped the plantlet and moved it to another tank. Today, one of the submersed plantlets actually flowered underwater:
this shot was right after feeding (which is when I noticed the flower)
Here is the submersed flower with a red Nosed shrimp on it (Rudolf Shrimp)
Here is a shot of the whole plant, and most of the tank at that. You can also see one of my Jellybean Tetras (orange) and a Greenfire Tetra (red)
Not real sure if I am supposed to try and "pollinate" the flower somehow to produce a seed. I may try that if anymore flower emmersed.
Last week, I has a first. The emmersed buds of the largest plantlet flowered. Here are a couple shots.
After a couple days the flowers dried up, I clipped the plantlet and moved it to another tank. Today, one of the submersed plantlets actually flowered underwater:
this shot was right after feeding (which is when I noticed the flower)
Here is the submersed flower with a red Nosed shrimp on it (Rudolf Shrimp)
Here is a shot of the whole plant, and most of the tank at that. You can also see one of my Jellybean Tetras (orange) and a Greenfire Tetra (red)
Not real sure if I am supposed to try and "pollinate" the flower somehow to produce a seed. I may try that if anymore flower emmersed.
