Would Ranunculus inundatus emersed?

[ghostsword]

@ghostsword - I found some ranunculus inundatus at @AquaticDesignUK today, and got a pot. Have you seen it growing emersed before? Going to try it.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Luis looking at the leaf I would be fairly confident that it will grow emersed. I would suspect that it is really a marsh plant that is sometimes inundated. I've seen Ranunculus repens (Creeping Buttercup) growing at the bottom of some turloughs (in the Burren) where it must spend 6 months under water.

There are a number of Ranunculus spp. (Water Crowfoots) that only grow as aquatics, but they have much, much finer more dissected leaves.

This is an aquatic leaf from our native R. circinatus

cheers Darrel

 

[ghostsword]

Thanks Darrel,

I will put one stem on a high humidity box and lower the humidity gradually, to see if it takes off.

So our local plants, they could be used on a cold water tank, or would they take on a temperate tank?

If I wanted to find some, where would I buy them from?

 

[wearsbunnyslippers]

yup!

i have seen several threads on APC's emersed section growing this. I have also seen some people dry starting with this..

 

[ghostsword]

Cool, I will try it this week. I have a emersed pot on the sitting room with polygonum, hydrocotyle, echinodorus and hairgrass, would be good to add this one as well.

 

[SuperWen]

yes ranunculus can grow emerse, these picts below is my nano emerse tank:

 

[ghostsword]

Wow, looks amazing, it is one for me to try then. Thanks for the pictures, it is appreciated.