Best flowering plants for ripariums

Gnomecatcher · 03-05-2013, 07:00 AM

I was wondering which plants produce the best flowers for a riparium? Maybe it's a little far fetched to hope to get a water lily to bloom, but is there anything else with nice looking flowers?

I was thinking that a peace lily is a good place to start. I also really love Utricularia graminifolia, but I don't know how easy it is to get UG to flower.

hydrophyte · 03-05-2013, 08:00 AM

Asclepias curassavica is a good one. It's very easy to bloom...

Ruellia brittoniana is another good choice...

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BBradbury · 03-05-2013, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Gnomecatcher

I was wondering which plants produce the best flowers for a riparium? Maybe it's a little far fetched to hope to get a water lily to bloom, but is there anything else with nice looking flowers?

I was thinking that a peace lily is a good place to start. I also really love Utricularia graminifolia, but I don't know how easy it is to get UG to flower.

Hello G...

Aglaonema Gemini (Chinese evergreen) has a white, tube like flower. They grow very well emersed. I grow them in my terraphyte tanks.

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rawalstrom · 03-05-2013, 02:07 PM

If you go with a peace lily, be aware that it is toxic to cats and dogs.

Ryan

Gnomecatcher · 03-05-2013, 06:34 PM

Ohh, I like all of those! Thanks! They're on "the list" now.

Luckily I don't have any cats or dogs. But I'll be sure to not eat it myself.

rawalstrom · 03-05-2013, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Gnomecatcher

But I'll be sure to not eat it myself.

AirstoND · 03-06-2013, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by hydrophyte

Asclepias curassavica is a good one. It's very easy to bloom...

Ruellia brittoniana is another good choice...

Some nice pictures hydrophyte,

can you share some water parameters that got them to flower?

temperature? pH/alkanity/? high phosphate/potassium fert?

hydrophyte · 03-06-2013, 05:53 PM

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Some nice pictures hydrophyte,

can you share some water parameters that got them to flower?

temperature? pH/alkanity/? high phosphate/potassium fert?

That Asclepias is unparticular about water parameters. The tank where I have it now has hard water and high pH (8.3).

All plants need pretty good nutrition for flowering. Phosphate is especially important. I dose this tank casually with liquid ferts and there are also a lot of fish in it.

shrimpo · 03-12-2013, 01:48 AM

This is Anthurium in a former Riparium:

Gnomecatcher · 03-12-2013, 02:19 AM

Oooh very pretty! How big does it get?

shrimpo · 03-12-2013, 02:32 AM

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Oooh very pretty! How big does it get?

I can't remember exactly, I took the tank down months ago. the plant I believe is about a foot high and the flower is about 2 inches.

hydrophyte · 03-12-2013, 08:29 PM

Hymenocallis spider lilies are pretty great, too. I tried several different species in ripariums and had the best results with H. traubii...

amygirl11 · 03-13-2013, 04:09 PM

Nice!!!!

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Gnomecatcher Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 453	Best flowering plants for ripariums I was wondering which plants produce the best flowers for a riparium? Maybe it's a little far fetched to hope to get a water lily to bloom, but is there anything else with nice looking flowers? I was thinking that a peace lily is a good place to start. I also really love Utricularia graminifolia, but I don't know how easy it is to get UG to flower. __________________ I moss be in love 5.5g shrimpster 18in cube "Silent Falling Water"

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rawalstrom Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 26	If you go with a peace lily, be aware that it is toxic to cats and dogs. Ryan __________________ Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Gnomecatcher Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 453	Ohh, I like all of those! Thanks! They're on "the list" now. Luckily I don't have any cats or dogs. But I'll be sure to not eat it myself. __________________ I moss be in love 5.5g shrimpster 18in cube "Silent Falling Water"

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Gnomecatcher Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 453	Oooh very pretty! How big does it get? __________________ I moss be in love 5.5g shrimpster 18in cube "Silent Falling Water"

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hydrophyte Sponsor (View User Tanks) PTrader: (122/100%) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Posts: 9,150	Hymenocallis spider lilies are pretty great, too. I tried several different species in ripariums and had the best results with H. traubii... __________________ hydrophyte Visit the Riparium Supply vendor forum!

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