Hemianthus - in pictures!

Cavan · Post by **Cavan** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:08 am

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/foru ... post588453

Have a look.

kerokero · Post by **kerokero** » Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:41 am

Wow, very cool to see the investigation behind it, I remember talking with you about this in the past. Kinda hard to tell the difference thanks to my lack of experience, but I'm starting to see what you were talking about.

So HM probably isn't actually HM, but is the implication that what is in the hobby is all actually glomeratus? Or is there something else that may be floating around? IF glomeratus is only from pennisular FL then what is getting collected down in NC?

Or should I be posting these on APC

Cavan · Post by **Cavan** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:45 pm

kerokero wrote:
So HM probably isn't actually HM,

Nope. Definitely not.

kerokero wrote:but is the implication that what is in the hobby is all actually glomeratus?

Definitely is.

kerokero wrote: Or is there something else that may be floating around? IF glomeratus is only from pennisular FL then what is getting collected down in NC?

There is the 'two-leaf-', but I really don't know what that is. But it isn't micranthemoides either. NC? Micranthemum umbrosum probably. To some people, Hemianthus is sunken into Micranthemum, but that has not really been settled.

marydotson · Post by **marydotson** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 6:59 am

I just followed this link--neat mystery! So you think HM might still exist on those rivers in NC and Southern VA that you link to? What makes you think it's worth looking?

Cavan · Post by **Cavan** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:37 pm

Well, it's inconspicuous and naturally rare. There's a lot of habitat out there that hasn't been searched, and things are generally less polluted than they have been. Plants have survived rough times in the seed bank, so that's a possibility too. It is generally assumed that pollution was the main culprit, so there may be hope. The introduction of mass proliferation of exotic plants like Murdannia keisak is worrisome though.

kerokero · Post by **kerokero** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:21 am

When is your next hunting trip for it? That would be a fun weekend trip

Cavan · Post by **Cavan** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 8:07 pm

Not for a while. I doesn't flower until about August.

kerokero · Post by **kerokero** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 10:56 am

So the idea would be to go to multiple spots where it may occur (or has occurred in records) when in flower so you can make a definite ID right there? Makes sense, best hunting for frogs is during their breeding season... both because they congregate but also because you know those are breeding adults and should show all identifying characteristics.

How many other plants found in these areas may be mistaken for them? I've never managed to make it out with you guys on a hunting trip so I'm still clueless to what a lot of the deciding process is...

SCMurphy · Post by **SCMurphy** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:06 pm

Cavan wrote:Not for a while. I doesn't flower until about August.

Maybe you can move up your flowering schedule?

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:03 am

kerokero wrote:So the idea would be to go to multiple spots where it may occur (or has occurred in records) when in flower so you can make a definite ID right there? Makes sense, best hunting for frogs is during their breeding season...

I didn't know frogs flower! Flowering crypts?! Bah! Too easy! Next up - flowering frogs!

Hemianthus - in pictures!

Hemianthus - in pictures!

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