Unknown plants

Pjfry88 · 06-26-2012, 12:41 PM

Hi All,

Today I went to my local pet store and they had a very sorry little red tiger lotus at cost price, so I snatched that up! But the nice lady that served me threw in the bag a couple of other sorry specimens that would have just died in the sell tanks. But I have no idea what they are. Can anyone help identify them?

The first photo is a little plant with a lotus type leaf but a little longer in comparison. It is growing from a smooth rounded chestnut coloured nut, rather than a rhizome, about 5mm in diameter. From this nut grows the main plant but it also has a small 'runner' with a new plant starting to form. The leafs are plain and pale in colour (possibly from the sell tank lighting and lack of care/ferts) with tiny pink/purple spots on it. I couldn't find it in the 'Tropica Plant Catalogue' or the 'Aquatic Plant Central Plant Finder'... So I hope someone can recognise it, so i can give it some TLC.

Second photo is a little crypt type thing that has vibrant pink/purple leaves. It grows from a rhizome, similar to that of a Lotus. It is only very small but at this stage I think it is a Barclaya Longifolia, but will have to wait to find out for this one I think. but does anyone have any better suggestions?

Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks heaps!

KrazyFish · 06-26-2012, 01:40 PM

The first is Tiger Lotus. The second looks like a Crypt Wendtii to me.

**Complexity** · 06-26-2012, 04:48 PM

The second one doesn't look like a Barclaya longifolia to me, and it's definitely not a Crypt wendtii. The veining on the leaves makes me think it's a sword.

Pjfry88 · 06-27-2012, 11:53 PM

Thanks KrazyFish and Complexity!
Much appreciated!

06-26-2012, 12:41 PM	#1
Pjfry88 Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2	Unknown plants Hi All, Today I went to my local pet store and they had a very sorry little red tiger lotus at cost price, so I snatched that up! But the nice lady that served me threw in the bag a couple of other sorry specimens that would have just died in the sell tanks. But I have no idea what they are. Can anyone help identify them? The first photo is a little plant with a lotus type leaf but a little longer in comparison. It is growing from a smooth rounded chestnut coloured nut, rather than a rhizome, about 5mm in diameter. From this nut grows the main plant but it also has a small 'runner' with a new plant starting to form. The leafs are plain and pale in colour (possibly from the sell tank lighting and lack of care/ferts) with tiny pink/purple spots on it. I couldn't find it in the 'Tropica Plant Catalogue' or the 'Aquatic Plant Central Plant Finder'... So I hope someone can recognise it, so i can give it some TLC. Second photo is a little crypt type thing that has vibrant pink/purple leaves. It grows from a rhizome, similar to that of a Lotus. It is only very small but at this stage I think it is a Barclaya Longifolia, but will have to wait to find out for this one I think. but does anyone have any better suggestions? Any help is much appreciated! Thanks heaps! Attached Thumbnails

06-26-2012, 04:48 PM	#3
Complexity Pelvicachromis Lover! (View User Tanks) PTrader: (34/100%) Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 5,058	The second one doesn't look like a Barclaya longifolia to me, and it's definitely not a Crypt wendtii. The veining on the leaves makes me think it's a sword. __________________ Vicki —Rena Filstar pimp #142 (four XP4s/three XP2s/one XP1) • Eheim pimp #301 (Pro II 2128) • Victor pimp #27 (VTS-253B-320) • 90g - Journal Pelvicachromis taeniatus 'Moliwe' —— • 75g - Journal Pelvicachromis pulcher 'Lagos Red' Better Pics 8-24 • 29g - Journal Pelvicachromis pulcher 'unknown' —-- • 29g - Pelvicachromis taeniatus 'Moliwe' • 5g - RCS colony —————————————————— • 2.5g - Journal Retired

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06-26-2012, 01:40 PM	#2
KrazyFish Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Binbrook, Ontario, Canada Posts: 425	The first is Tiger Lotus. The second looks like a Crypt Wendtii to me.

06-27-2012, 11:53 PM	#4
Pjfry88 Newbie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2	Thanks KrazyFish and Complexity! Much appreciated!