HOLY COW! That plant grew fast!

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I purchased some kind of live plant bulbs from Walmart a while ago. It took a while, but they finally sprouted and began to grow.
I don't know what type they are.

Well, I changed some of the water in my tank last night, and when I got home from work today... one of the plants sprouted a stem all the way to the top of the tank!

It grew 12" from the time I went to work this morning to the time I got home, approx 9 hours. I have been watching it this evening, and it grew another inch.

Now that's fast. Good thing my lawn doesn't do that!

H.
 
I used to love those bulbs from walmart, On my days off from work I'd literally "watch the plants grow". I'm assuming you got the lily pad ones, they grow super fast, about a foot a day from what I remember. I stopped getting them after mine dies after several months no matter what I did. Changing my fish to cichlids also made me stop having any plants at all. But for quick growing plants they are AMAZING!!!!


Matt
 
They are Aponogetons, and the long stem will become a flower within a day or two. You can sometimes ID the plant based on the look of the flower (white or pink, one, two or three spikes), but they have been crossed so much that very few are still pure species. The reason they "die" is because most Apons need a dormant period of a few months every so often. They grow very fast initially because they are using all the nutrients stored in their tubers. Then they flower once or a few times, and start dying back quite quickly - they become dormant, losing all their leaves. However, the tuber should remain firm and white,not mushy. If it's left alone, it should repsrout in a few months - the chance of resprouting is much better if the plant was well fertilized during the previous growing phase, so it could store nutrients. Neat plants, but many people don't know much about them.
 
It is also possible that it could be some sort of nymphaea - and as mentioned, they get *huge*. I wouldn't put one in anything under a 100g unless you intend to do some serious pruning. I recently removed mine from my 55g.

Does it look like this?

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Originally posted by Leopardess
It is also possible that it could be some sort of nymphaea - and as mentioned, they get *huge*. I wouldn't put one in anything under a 100g unless you intend to do some serious pruning. I recently removed mine from my 55g.

Does it look like this?
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And I think I see an apon leaf right behind your lotus! lol

In any case, the "fast-growing stem" made me say Aponogeton.
 
No aponogentons in that tank...the big green leaf was from a Melon Sword.

Yes, thats riccia fluitans behind the date stamp. Should have a good amount of light and CO2.
 
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