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Re: Val flowers
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To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com
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Subject: Re: Val flowers
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From: "shaji (s.) bhaskar" <bhaskar at bnr_ca>
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Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 21:17:00 -0400
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>From: "David Huie" <David.Huie at Bentley_COM>
>Subject: Valliseneria "strings"
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> I just discovered three extremely long "strings" (up to 28" long) that
> have grown up out of the center of my very large Valliseneria asiatica
> (spiral val) and are draped across the surface of the water. They are
> pale green strings that have a thickened tip which looks like it could
> be a bud. Is this the way vallesineria flower?
Yes. When I used to keep Vals, they would flower quite regularly, but
I never managed to get any viable seeds. Vegetative reproduction was
quite fast, though.
> None of the buds have opened and I wondered if I needed to help them
> break contact with the water in order to encourage them to flower.
I've never seen the buds open, either, though the tips do come up a
few millimeters above the water.
> Also, how large can I expect to get my echonidorus parviflorus (black
> amazon swords) to grow? They are small, 12-leaved, and about 3" tall.
> I was hoping they'd grow to 8-9". Any help out there?
Echinodorus parviflorus can get quite big. Eighteen inches is not too
rare. It's not as big as E. bleheri and company.
-Shaji
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