what do you call it when this happens?

mythin · 07-09-2012, 04:06 AM

So i saw a dead decomposing leaf, and out of that leaf a whole string of plantlets was growing out of it. It looks like how invitro stuff grows out, anyone know what this is called exactly?

Kehy · 07-09-2012, 04:50 AM

cool?

sublime · 07-09-2012, 05:06 AM

Leaf propagation.

mythin · 07-09-2012, 05:10 AM

simple enough! what other plants are able to do this? Thats HC by the way, the grain size is 1mm, i took that with a canon 100mm macro.

steven p · 07-09-2012, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by mythin

simple enough! what other plants are able to do this? Thats HC by the way, the grain size is 1mm, i took that with a canon 100mm macro.

Wisteria sorta did that for me transitiining from emersed to submerged leaf forms. Broken leaves would start growing roots. Nuisance floaters everywhere..

sublime · 07-09-2012, 07:29 AM

Hygrophila and microsorum readily do this. I've seen Lugwigia do it also. Cryptocoryne elliptica. I'm sure there are others as well.

tropicalmackdaddy · 07-09-2012, 08:44 PM

Java fern is doing it for me

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mythin Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (13/100%) Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 258	simple enough! what other plants are able to do this? Thats HC by the way, the grain size is 1mm, i took that with a canon 100mm macro. __________________ My ADA 45-P Shrimp Tank My 12 Gallon Long Journal 12 Gallon Rimless Club

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Kehy Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ellensburg, WA Posts: 404	cool?

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sublime Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: USA Posts: 24	Leaf propagation.

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sublime Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: USA Posts: 24	Hygrophila and microsorum readily do this. I've seen Lugwigia do it also. Cryptocoryne elliptica. I'm sure there are others as well.