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[dw1305]

Hi all,

For the past few weeks my Limnobium has flowered almost daily, they don't last long though.

This is an interesting development. That isn't a Limnobium sp. There are only two of species, L. laevigatum and L. spongia. and they both <"have little spidery offerings">.

....... Flowers are small, white, and unisexual. Female flowers have an inferior ovary. The fruit is a fleshy, berry-like capsule 4–13 mm long and 2–5 mm in diameter, borne on a recurved pedicel, developing in mud or under water. The fruit contains up to 100 seeds. The seeds are 1 mm long, ellipsoid, and hairy (Cook and Urmi-König, 1983; Encyclopedia of Life, 2016)...

This is a male flower of L. laevigatum.

Limnobium laevigatum (West Indian spongeplant); habit and flower. July 2011.
©Show ryu, Japan/via wikipedia - CC BY-SA 3.0

cheers Darrel

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
So the interesting question is, what does @Parablennius have? I'd guess it is <""Frogbit "Hydrocharis morsus-ranae">, but there maybe other options.

By Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, File:HydrocharisMorsus-ranae2.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

cheers Darrel

 

[G H Nelson]

Don't see any soft trailing roots on Parablennius image!

 

[Parablennius]

Don't see any soft trailing roots on Parablennius image!
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Not on this pic but they are there , I'll att. a pic of an upturned leaf and roots later if it helps.

 

[Parablennius]

OK, here's a pic of the underside of an older leaf and pics of the roots. I called it Limnobium following this Just for fun thread.
cheers