Madagascar lace Q.

[Pogiebate]

I have a really pretty Madagascar growing in my 90 gal tank. Everything I have read says that it's a hard plant to grow. Mine is and has been doing great.

I has flowered. Now do I just let the flower die or cut it off or what?

Also read where you have to let them go dormant for a while. How do I do this? Or will it die back naturally in the tank and then regrow?

Here is the flower, very pretty!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/Pogiebate/002.jpg

[fishorama]

Wow pretty flower! I have very limited experience with 1. It lost its leaves & I left it in the tank & after a 6-8 week rest in the 78*F tank, threw up some small leaves, then stopped. I was tearing down its tank & saw the bulb had a hollowed out husk with a smaller hard bulb inside. I gently removed the husk & a small amount of rotted looking fibers. since then it has 1 new leaf.

I have read, as you probably have, that they need 2 months cool water rest during dormancy but also that the temp is not important. I was afraid I'd forget it in the basement so I went for the leave it alone option. Ii would help if I was better at fertilizing, it would benefit from some now as it wakes up. Thanks for the reminder.

Mine had a white flower I think but was in less than great lighting so yours may be a different species. Good luck

[NeonFlux]

I have a rare species melon sword called 'midi fleur'. Currently mine is also sending out flower spikes but they grow out to be babies. Lol

[DSR]

haha. Mystery solved in our house. One of these showed up in our tank this week. But it is white. Thought it was probably a flower so i let it grow where it wanted, hasn't bloomed like yours though. Really looking forward to seeing bloom. Lovely picture btw.