Dwarf version would be really cool.
Definitely!Sign me up for some cuttings once you get that point
Ive got a perfect spot for it. Also getting this plant in a few other peoples tank may confirm whether or not its a dwarf mutation.
Seriously, would love some of that
That's what my first thought was, but I had it in a low light setup for 2 months and that's where it developed all the side plants which are bigger than the main plant now by a cm or so, but the stem still stayed small with less distance between the leaves - looked like a rosette plant.Looks like normal sized Pinnatifida to me lol. High light keeps it compact, stopping it from growing tall and helps it promote more tiny side shoots and small plantlets.
It's also extremely petite when compared to the other ones, most leaves in my tanks reached 3-5" and the stem had a diameter of 7" on average. This one tops at about 3.5" diameter!Looks like normal sized Pinnatifida to me lol. High light keeps it compact, stopping it from growing tall and helps it promote more tiny side shoots and small plantlets.
Thank youBeautiful tank! Also interesting about the dwarf h.pinnatifida
Like I said in the first post, it started submersed. This emerse state was just recent due to me taking apart tanks - it's been emersed for maybe 2 months, but was submerged and producing shoots for over a year. What's surprising is I had it under low light for a couple of months with the same results.That is normal for H. pinnatifida. The plant grows many ways. Just plant it in a tank submersed and eventually when it gets settled in, it will put up a tall stem again.
From what I experienced new plantlets are always small until you trim the runner off, once you do so the new plant starts growing larger and becomes a 'mother' plant itself and starts runners. And just like any plant out there, the surroundings will make it look a particular way - like my rotala mini butterflies or some ammania species where the change in sizing and coloration would seem like a entirety different plant.Some people have trouble growing them tall and big like you had them. It's not a 'new morph'.
If you think your plants are dwarf, let me get some pics of my friend's Mini M with H. pinnatifida in it. His plants are mini versions of yours and he has had them growing in the same tank for close to a year. He'll tell you the same thing, it's not a dwarf version or morph, just the regular ol H. pinnatifida. The plant grows many different ways. Tall, short, bushy, lanky. Very versatile plant.
Lol if only they were stunted! I usually have issues with sizing that become way too large, it's just this plant that has turned small. The pic I attached was 16?" Tall and the stems grew right up and out of the tank.From what you're describing, it sounds like all the plants that go in your tank look different(smaller) than they do in everyone else's. I would look into deficiencies as you may have stunted growth.