You can pretty much trim and replant the tops of stem plants. For sure the
hygro. but not the crypts. but they will reproduce by runners.

Bob
"Dave M. Picklyk" wrote in message
a...
btw, the one I thought was a green wendtii cryp is actually rather a
cryptocoryne undulata:
http://www.bastmeijer.freestart.nl/G.../und/und_k.jpg because it has a
lot of the redder leaves.

The one with red underside leaves is most likely a Alternanthera reinecki
"lilacina", Ludwigia glandulosa "perennis", or a "roseafolia", but that
has
very long narrow leaves right? Anyways I heard
the lilacina is purrty hard to grow. True?

ps, will post pics soon.

"Dave M. Picklyk" wrote in message
...
I've just gotten a pile of plants in my aqarium now from the LFS. I'm
not
too sure of the names of them but I have done some research on google
and
I
think that I might have these: Dwarf Hygrophila (Indian water star),
Dwarf
Rotala, Red ludwigia?(Looks like a ludwigia except that it has mainly
green
leaves and they slowly fade to red towards the tops of the stems), then
I
have this other stem plant with long green leaves that have a vibrant
purple
red undersides??

Can any of these be pruned and then replanted? I have pruned (cut just
above
the stem after leaf sprouts) the hygro, red ludwigia, and the
red-underside
leaved plant and have planted the stems (I didn't bury any leaves).

I will post pictures of my aquarium early next week so you can help
identify
my new plants. Beside the new plants I already have a dwarf anubias,
java
fern, and green wendtii cryp??--not sure.

Thanx!!
Dave.