help on plant ID?

[soobie]

Anybody know what this plant is? It looks like some sort of sword maybe (?), with small, slightly ruffled leaves.



I will be separating the individual crowns and planting them apart, but not until after I move this weekend.

 

[Sammie7]

Looks like some sort of cryptocoryne species.

 

[Squawkbert]

Probably C. wendtii or something similar. Don't freak if some or all leaves melt after you divide & replant. They don't like being messed with and may melt. Just remove the goo and leave the roots, they'll come back.

 

[Sploke]

agreed ^

 

[soobie]

Well, I've had it in my tank for a couple weeks now, and no melting yet so maybe I've avoided that. It got one yellow leaf and that's it.

Off to look at pictures of crypts..... Thanks!

 

[Squawkbert]

It will be tough to be sure which species you have. Many crypts ar quite variable in appearance as a result of even minor changes in lighting or nutrient profiles.

For example - I've only bought 1 C. wendtii (brown), ever. I grew it out in a 5g, moved it all to my 46g and grew it out some more, then returned a plantlet to my 5g when I culled & sold about half of them. Comparing pictures of the original 5g growth to what's in the 45g now and to the plant I put back in the 5g - you'd swear that they were pix of 3 totally different species.

 

[dwag88]

this was the first plant i ever tried to grow. at the time i was unaware that they would "melt" if split. i brought it home, split it up into three different bunches and planted it. i thought i had killed it! easy to grow though. i dont give it anything at all in the way of ferts and i have a standard aquarium bulb

 

[pcnicholson]

Lutea would be my guess. But hey, I'm a noob.