Hi

From my experience you can force the sword to send a flower stalk off with
the change of lighting conditions just slightly. It would think the seasons
are changing. I have done this on a few occasions with success. However I
also had a rubin in my 120 tank for almost 2 yrs and simply had to remove it
from the size it was 36" leaves and about 50 of them sometimes. It had a
corm when I Removed and would have produced a daughter plant soon afterwards
from that I think.

The other possibility is that you have male plants, which may never send a
flower stalk. I find that the swords if they are happy will send stalks
about every 6 months and some will send them continously. I have a Oriental
sword which sends a new shoot as often as new leaf.

Hope that Helps

Matthew


"LeighMo" wrote in message
...
Beats me. I think it depends partly on the type of sword, partly on tank
conditions. Some people have noted that swords are more likely to
propagate
via runner when you first get them. That was my experience.

My swords get immense, but don't produce runners or baby plants on stalks.
Some don't propagate at all, they just get bigger and bigger. Others
split
into daughter plants, but it's not really visible until you dig the plant
up.
Once you're aware that they can do this, you can tell when it's happened
without digging up the plant: you can see that the leaves are growing from
two
or more "crowns."



Leigh

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