ScareCrow
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Hi All,
I'm trying to track down a water lily I kept years ago. It was sold as an aquarium plant but I suspect it wasn't. The distributor had substituted the Nymphaea stellata that the shop had ordered with the lily I bought, so the shop didn't know the name of it.
I don't have any pictures of it but here's a description:
Surface leaves were oval with a narrow split at the back, approximately 80-100mm, dark green on top with irregular dark speckles (approximately 2-4mm), the underside was a silver colour. They were held to the tuber with dark, approximately 3mm diameter stems.
There were only ever two leaves under water. They appeared opposite each other, were light green, approximately 100-150mm, rounded and ruffled. They looked a bit like the leaves of Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) but lighter green and larger.
The tuber was approximately 100-150mm and green. It looked like a Fatsia Japonica stem if you cut off the petioles.
The tank at the time was about 450mm deep, had tetra complete substrate and was lit by two 11w CFL bulbs. The growth rate was incredible and when I removed the lily the entire substrate was one solid mat of roots. Unfortunately it never flowered so I can't give a description of that.
Sorry for such a long post and I really appreciate it if you've made it this far. I wanted to give as much description as I could as I've spent days looking for this plant online to no avail.
I'm trying to track down a water lily I kept years ago. It was sold as an aquarium plant but I suspect it wasn't. The distributor had substituted the Nymphaea stellata that the shop had ordered with the lily I bought, so the shop didn't know the name of it.
I don't have any pictures of it but here's a description:
Surface leaves were oval with a narrow split at the back, approximately 80-100mm, dark green on top with irregular dark speckles (approximately 2-4mm), the underside was a silver colour. They were held to the tuber with dark, approximately 3mm diameter stems.
There were only ever two leaves under water. They appeared opposite each other, were light green, approximately 100-150mm, rounded and ruffled. They looked a bit like the leaves of Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) but lighter green and larger.
The tuber was approximately 100-150mm and green. It looked like a Fatsia Japonica stem if you cut off the petioles.
The tank at the time was about 450mm deep, had tetra complete substrate and was lit by two 11w CFL bulbs. The growth rate was incredible and when I removed the lily the entire substrate was one solid mat of roots. Unfortunately it never flowered so I can't give a description of that.
Sorry for such a long post and I really appreciate it if you've made it this far. I wanted to give as much description as I could as I've spent days looking for this plant online to no avail.