Reproducing Echinodorus horemani

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Reproducing Echinodorus horemani
From: George Booth <booth at hpmtlgb1_lvld.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:15:48 -0700
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Mar 1996 15:21:27 EST." <199603152021.PAA24256 at looney_actwin.com>

> From: ac554 at freenet_carleton.ca (David Whittaker)
> 
> Has anyone attempted to produce plantlets from E. horemani? The plant
> is several years old and has never produced plantlets or a flower
> stalk. 

We've had to move and/or remove our Mother of All Horemanii's (MOAH) 
three or four times.  If you cut a piece off the rhizome, you will 
notice lots of bumps.  These bumps turn into plantlets if the rhizome 
piece is placed on top of the gravel.  Once the plantlets have decent
roots, cut them off the rhizome and watch 'em grow.

The last time we trimmed the rhizome, the piece still in the gravel
must have panicked, because now there are three or four good size
plants growing from this same 8" long rhizome.

George