So I found this plant which is called Mikado. It's scientific name is Syngonanthus chrysanthus and it's a bog plant from South American I think. So it being a bog plant, will it grow submersed? I only have one of these plants, so I don't want to kill it. If I can get it to propagate, I'll try submersing a plantlet, but until then, any one have any advice?
Arlene
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scientist0724
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Does anyone recognize any of the other plants in this picture with the plant in question? Evidently this is in situ and the plants around it may give you a clue on if this plant ever really gets submerged.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/restingas/3994254946/
I can't for the life of me figure out if this is a swamp that seasonally floods or not. I know a number of carnivorous plants (some of which are also from Brazil, possibly a similar area) which either don't care about being submerged (usually utrics much like our beloved UG) or will only handle it for occasional flooding and will die if kept submerged too long. It makes me suspicious it ended up a houseplant and not in the aquatic plant hobby (especially with so many truly unaquatic plants being sold as aquatic because of how long they last before they die).
I'm inclined to think it would handle submerged for a while, but I don't know about long term (then again, I'm more of an emersed person myself...). Get babies (share some with me
) and try growing some of the babies like the Eriocaulon and/or like it's relative Syngonanthus sp. 'Belem'I guess.
Further exploration and some Google translation skillz has come up with a couple people in Italy that tried it and the plant didn't like it (don't have specifics on the set up tho) and then there are other people who think that you just need to have the set up juuuuuuuust right (yeah... like maybe a lower water level!).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/restingas/3994254946/
I can't for the life of me figure out if this is a swamp that seasonally floods or not. I know a number of carnivorous plants (some of which are also from Brazil, possibly a similar area) which either don't care about being submerged (usually utrics much like our beloved UG) or will only handle it for occasional flooding and will die if kept submerged too long. It makes me suspicious it ended up a houseplant and not in the aquatic plant hobby (especially with so many truly unaquatic plants being sold as aquatic because of how long they last before they die).
I'm inclined to think it would handle submerged for a while, but I don't know about long term (then again, I'm more of an emersed person myself...). Get babies (share some with me
) and try growing some of the babies like the Eriocaulon and/or like it's relative Syngonanthus sp. 'Belem'I guess.Further exploration and some Google translation skillz has come up with a couple people in Italy that tried it and the plant didn't like it (don't have specifics on the set up tho) and then there are other people who think that you just need to have the set up juuuuuuuust right (yeah... like maybe a lower water level!).
Best, Corey
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