Purchased a bunch of plants that just got in from AJ and there was no label on them. I got a bunch for $2.99. Does any one know what it is?

yeah they they're having the sale on bunched plants. i'll find out saturday for you man, if you havnt found out already

Cool, It was in the last 2nd to last 75 in the back left under the plecos. It was the divided ones. The plant was in front on the left.

yeah i've seen it alot. i'll take a picture and ask edgar. he knows his plants very well. which tank are you putting it in??

It's in the 75 with the peacock bass .

ah i gotcha. i'll check it out. did you look at the pic of tthe cichlid?

It looks like a Hygrophila species to me, maybe a variety of H. corymbosa, possibly the one they call "Strigosa." I say this because the leaves are bending down, even underwater, which is typical.

If not H. corymbosa, I vote for H. polysperma "Big Leaf." The white veining on the leaves is typical of polysperma varieties. It can be seen in your third pic.

Thick stems are typical of Hygrophila species. I haven't seen stems quite as red as those in your pic, but that doesn't mean much.

Thanks Deb. I did a quick Google image search of both mentioned. It looks to be H. polysperma but I will have to take a better look when I get off. The leaves and the veining look similar.

Yeah, I don't think we've really pinned it yet but it's a place to start. Of all the stem plants I know about it looks the most like a Hygro species. The growing habit and some of the features say "Hygrophila" to me but that's all I can say. In time we'll have more people on here who know about plants. When plants aren't labeled it's tricky. If I look at your photos long enough I can even see Alternanthera, especially with the thick red stems.

It's nice to have the ID but it's not really critical to care. Many stem plants are treated the same and require the same conditions. Coolish (68dF - 78dF) to more tropical (72dF - 86dF) water temps, near neutral pH within reason (6.8 - 7.2) fairly bright lighting, and good fertilization. Many can tolerate conditions outside these parameters. The truth is, you never know how an aquarium plant is going to do until you try it in your own tank.

You might check the growing habit at the top of the stem - how are the leaves arranged? This could give a clue. Underwater in bright lighting the top leaves of many Hygro species may turn reddish, or a salmon-pink, which can be a nice surprise. Maybe yours are doing that already (I forget what lighting you have and how deep a tank).

The tank this is going into is the 75 planted. The light is the new marineland plant LEDs. I am actually going to change out the substrate tonight and rescape and plant. Also tearing down the first 40breeder I planted and trimming and adding to the walstad 40 and maybe some to the 75. I will take photos and show a few of my tricks in a new thread. I hope to get it done tonight. Really depends on how hard i hit it.

I take it back, I will be waiting until next weekend to redo the 75. It's Friday the 13th, rather not take any chances.

haha

Okay I must have had a brain fart with this plant. I actually have some in my tank already.
It is Ludwigia Cuba and it has been grown emersed. The photos above are grown emersed.
Below it is grown submerged.

This photo below is the same plant that I got about a month ago. Notice the bottom leaves and the leaves above them. Huge difference.


At least we got it figured out and a perfect example of submerged vs. emersed.

great to know! looks like you are correct! that really is a neat looking plant

Good job on getting the ID for that one! In the emersed form it looks like some kind of weird Hygro - I never would have gotten it.

So, I know in Europe (Tropica, for example) the nurseries grow the aquatic plants emersed because it's cheaper, easier, and more will fit. We aren't used to seeing emersed forms here but you are right - we should post both in the Library for this plant, and any others which show this much of a difference.

Your pix are very good, btw.