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tiger lotus rhizome/runners/????
How does a tiger lotus plant "reproduce"? I don't know the correct
terminology, so pardon my language... Does it split at the rhizome? If so, how do I know when or where it's ready to split? If not a rhizome, then what does it do? -Daniel |
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tiger lotus rhizome/runners/????
Yep I concur,
My almighty great big thing has already had 3 babies....actually, I have practically a whole tank of that plant now...but I like it very much. The way to see it, I think, is that you will notice that you'll have a bunch of certain sized leaves at the base that don't really get much bigger. Then you can try gently pulling it away (sand as substrate is easy). It will come away very easily if it is a separate plantlet. "LeighMo" wrote in message ... How does a tiger lotus plant "reproduce"? I don't know the correct terminology, so pardon my language... Does it split at the rhizome? If so, how do I know when or where it's ready to split? If not a rhizome, then what does it do? It produces short runners, with new plants at the ends of them. Sometimes it produces a new rhizome/tuber, but it's not necessary. You can transplant the new baby plant even if it doesn't have a tuber. As for how to tell when it's split...it's not easy, because it all happens underground. Sometimes you can see the runner, and a new plant that is visibly separate from the mother. But often, it just looks like one big plant, until you dig it up and find that it's six or eight smaller ones, really close together. They also produce flowers and seeds, but that's not the way they are commonly propagated in an aquarium. My Nymphaea has a flower stalk with a bud on it again, but I don't expect it to actually bloom. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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tiger lotus rhizome/runners/????
Tiger lotus is a bulb plant. It can send out multiple plants from one
bulb. That is the only way I have seen it reproduce but it must lay seeds as well if it is a bulb plant. Marcus http://www.Aquatic-store.com On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 01:14:38 -0800, Daniel Whiting wrote: How does a tiger lotus plant "reproduce"? I don't know the correct terminology, so pardon my language... Does it split at the rhizome? If so, how do I know when or where it's ready to split? If not a rhizome, then what does it do? -Daniel |
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tiger lotus rhizome/runners/????
Tiger lotus is a bulb plant.
Actually, it isn't. I thought it was, but it's not. It's not a true bulb. Those lumpy things are actually rhizomes, not bulbs. They store energy for the plant, but aren't necessary to grow or propagate. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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