[Booger]

I'm looking to add a little orange to my tank, for a change. I know I've seen pics of a few different types of orange stem plants, but I don't recall the names of the rarer ones.

Anyone have pics? I have a high tech tank with soft water, so I can grow the higher light varieties.

 

[James From Cali]

I dont have pics but my Parrots Feather is Orangey red, with like golden orange on top. Its shaded from the sun, no CO2, No ferts, and it has flourite substrate. Definitely a plant to look into if you want color.

 

[turbowagon]

I have a Polygonum sp. that is mostly orange. The newer growth is red, though:

I could grow out a few stems over the next couple weeks if you want me to send you some.

 

[CherylH]

Forgive my spelling--I'm too lazy to look it up

Ammannia gracilis is a nice, bold orange plant.
diplidis diandra takes and reddish orange cast on the tips when happy
some types of ludwigia are a nice orange

 

[spypet]

Ludwigia sp. 'Guinea' and Ludwigia inclinata
get more orange under the right conditions.

 

[Color Me Blue]

A lot of the Rotala species have nice colors; ie R. Rotundifolia and R.Wallichii give nice orangey/pinkish hues. Rotala macrandra is another nice one and would love your high light tank.

Nice pics everyone! Just beautiful!!

 

[ringram]

My hygro polysperma takes on a bit of an orange on the leaves.
rotala wilisii would be another to check out.
blyxa japonica, given the right conditions, will turn a nice bronze-color. High light makes it even a deeper reddish.

 

[Daniel*Swords]

My Rotala mexicana is pinkish-orange.

 

[AaronT]

My Rotala mexicana is pinkish-orange.

Oh, how I wish I could get that plant.


Orange Plants:

Ammannia gracillis
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia inclinata
Ludwigia 'Cuba' - has an orangish red crown

 

[eklikewhoa]

Rotala sp. Vietnam has a reddish orange stem with greenish leaves.

 

[spypet]

Be advised that getting the color you want does not end with getting these plants. for instance very few people have any luck getting Rotala macrandra to color to bright red, let alone grow at all. so once you narrow down the list to a few plants, find someone here who grows them successfully to the right colors, then you must be willing and able to approximate those water, light and substrate conditions.

 

[bigstick120]

My Rotala mexicana is pinkish-orange.

Real nice looking stem! Almost Tonina like

 

[Daniel*Swords]

Thanks!
Not really like Tonina to my eyes...
It's a bit sturdier than, say R. sp. 'Nanjenshan'...
In good light it does branch out without pruning like the one in pic. Easy!

 

[TheOtherGeoff]

rotala wallichi is kinda orangish. my ammanina gracillis was always really red/pink,. never orange

 

[James From Cali]

I just wanted to add a pic of my parrots feather and I barely done anything to the tank!

 

[Booger]

Thanks for the responses. I think I may try some ammannia gracilis. Anyone have a starter to sell/trade? I have some reddish blyxa...

 

[kzr750r1]

I just wanted to add a pic of my parrots feather and I barely done anything to the tank!

Looks more like mermaid weed.

 

[James From Cali]

Hmm....The guy I got it from said it was parrots feather and theats what it looked like(at least the emersed form I got). I guess this is the submerged form!

I did a search and here is what I found:

Look Alikes: The submersed leaves of mermaid weed may be confused some water-milfoil species.

Parrots feather is a water milfoil sp.. Here is the link:

Mermaid Weed

 

[Guillermo]

Hey Daniel, where did you get that Rotala Mexicana, I have never seen it and I live in Mexico (really) LOL. It's amazing that a Finnish fellow hobbyist have one Mexican plant. Now I'm digging the web in order to find some info of this beautiful rotala.

Good luck.

 

[mrbelvedere]

Oh, how I wish I could get that plant.


Orange Plants:

Ammannia gracillis
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia inclinata
Ludwigia 'Cuba' - has an orangish red crown

Aaron, you've been looking for that one awhile now haven't you? I also remember you wanting some R. occultiflora.