Plant ID please

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reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · Jan 4, 2011

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Hi, I'm new to planted tanks and am not very familiar with names of plants.

This plant was given to me, I thought that I had successfully killed it, but it has come back and I have three of them growing in my tank now.

What the heck is it lol

Thanks,Daniel

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james0816

· #2 · Jan 4, 2011

looks to be a banana plant to me.

reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jan 4, 2011

The leaves do look similar to the banana plant but it does not have the "bananas" like the pictures that I have seen of a banana plant.

catwat

· #4 · Jan 4, 2011

reflexhunter said:
Hi, I'm new to planted tanks and am not very familiar with names of plants.

This plant was given to me, I thought that I had successfully killed it, but it has come back and I have three of them growing in my tank now.

What the heck is it lol

Thanks,Daniel

Perhaps Nymphoides sp. 'Taiwan'

sewingalot

· #5 · Jan 4, 2011

I have the same plant. The closest I could come to is some type of Nymphaea sp.

reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jan 4, 2011

catwat said:
Perhaps Nymphoides sp. 'Taiwan'

Looks a lot like this plant hmmm...

Thanks for all of your replies!

catwat

· #7 · Jan 4, 2011

reflexhunter said:
Looks a lot like this plant hmmm...

Thanks for all of your replies!

The banana plant is Nymphoides aquatica. It is related to the plant you have, which is most likely Nymphoides sp 'Taiwan'. The only exception is that it does not have the "bananas"

reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jan 6, 2011

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OK,
you did a fast job on my first one,here is another!

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Centromochlus

· #9 · Jan 6, 2011

Hygrophila polysperma 'Ceylon'?
Or maybe Hygrophila sp. 'Tiger'?

I'm thinking it's the ceylon though... beautiful plant!

legomaniac89

· #10 · Jan 6, 2011

Hygrophila sp. "Tiger" ^^

reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · #11 · Jan 7, 2011

Does look like the tiger, I think that's a winner!

roud:

Thanks for the replies!:icon_bigg

reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · #12 · Jan 11, 2011

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OK here is another one,this plant actually grew taller and was kinda ratty looking so I trimmed it down to the new growth.

Thanks,Daniel

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Tinanti

· #13 · Jan 11, 2011

That isn't 'Tiger'. It's 'Bold'.

The bottom plant is a Limnophila.

Centromochlus

· #14 · Jan 11, 2011

Tinanti said:
That isn't 'Tiger'. It's 'Bold'.

The bottom plant is a Limnophila.

This is Hygrophila sp. 'bold'. I'm almost certain that what reflexhunter has is Hygrophila sp. 'tiger'.
(picture taken from problemman's 75g dutch journal)

Bottom plant looks like a stubby trimming of Limnophila aromatica.

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reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · #15 · Jan 11, 2011

Tinanti said:
That isn't 'Tiger'. It's 'Bold'.

The bottom plant is a Limnophila.

Which species of limnophila didn't find one that looks like it.

Tinanti

· #16 · Jan 11, 2011

AzFishKid said:
This is Hygrophila sp. 'bold'. I'm almost certain that what reflexhunter has is Hygrophila sp. 'tiger'.
(picture taken from problemman's 75g dutch journal)

Bottom plant looks like a stubby trimming of Limnophila aromatica.

It's REALLY variable man (also emersed). I've had it both like yours and like his myself. The two get confused all the time. Both pics in the Plant Finder are of plants from the same original source.

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/...ils.php?id=244&category=genus&spec=Hygrophila

reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · #17 · Jan 12, 2011

Did I get a positive id on this plant or did I miss it?

reflexhunter said:
OK here is another one,this plant actually grew taller and was kinda ratty looking so I trimmed it down to the new growth.

Thanks,Daniel

Centromochlus

· #18 · Jan 12, 2011

AzFishKid said:
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Bottom plant looks like a stubby trimming of Limnophila aromatica.

roud:

legomaniac89

· #19 · Jan 12, 2011

It's a Limnophila species, but you'll probably have to let it grow out for a while before we can figure out the species. My guess is L. aromatica, but that's only a guess.

reflexhunter

Discussion Starter · #20 · Jan 12, 2011

Thanks! Almost threw it out a while back,ever since I started co2 it has really turned around. Can't wait until it really blossoms.

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