Do amazon swords flower ?

[Fedorov]

I was trimming my tank tonight and by accident trimmed something off one of my swords . It does not look like a leave kind of like a hairy bud ? So my ? is do amazon swords flower. I tried toput pics with this , but they where to big .

[Skippy]

I've never had my amazons flower, but I have had them produce offspring through budding which then end up floating to the surface.

[Tempest]

My amazon sword has produced a long flower stalk but the blooms were evidently fairly insignificant. Each node of the stalk is now producing plantlets. The stalk broke the water surface on my 55 gallon.

[OrionGirl]

Yep, they have a small, 4-5 petal bloom. The stalk must be able to break the water surface in order to bloom. White petals, a small yellow center, stays on for 2-5 days in undisturbed.

Almost all aquatic plants will bloom if given the right conditions.

[plantbrain]

I have some late summer flower pictures in a road side ditch with flowers about 3+inches across, like Orchid flowers. Truly a nice looking flower by any standard. Most in the genera are smaller, about 1 to 1/2" inch across, most are white petals and yellow inside.
They are common weeds in road side ditches throughout most of the Southern USA.

Regards,
Tom Barr

[Brucifer]

The stalks from my amazon swords don't have a problem breaking the water surface. In fact, I've had some grow like vines out the top of the tank with lengths of 3-5 feet. None of the nodes ever had flowers though. What's missing?

[Fedorov]

thanks all , take it that the plant will be growing more of these in the future . I will not cut them again .

[valerie]

I think it depends on the species of sword plant. i have a E. osiris and i remember reading something about it not flowering in aquariums.It produces flower stalks but never flowers.

[Fedorov]

I just saw another one of my swords has one of these stalks , I will not cut it this time . can't wait to see what happens . do they all do this ?