What's Your Favourite Plant And Why?

Not sure if this topic has been covered but here's mine...

Ceratophyllum demersum - Hornwort



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I CANNOT GROW THIS !!

My friend Janice in Canada has it in her 30 Litre Guppy Tank and it's a frikkin Weed, I just keep growing scrawny bits.

Kev.

sorry Kev i dont know the names so i will say nothing bar that one you posted is a beautiful plant and the one you posted a while back with all the holes in its leaves was my favourite, but i would slaughter both in a matter of days

i got a plant a while ago (it resembled a brain, if that is anything to go on, oh and it wasn't leaves it was tubular) and banged it in and it disintegrated over night, no kidding all i was left with was a white transparent mess. overnight i some how butchered it so that was my least favourite

stretnik wrote:

Not sure if this topic has been covered.

it is nice that these topics are brought up every now and then as we get new members all the time, plus peoples opinions change all the time

Kev,
I like all my plants: apomogeton crispus in the right corner, tiger lotos in the middle on which my fish love to rest, banana lotos and apomogeton madagascariensis next to it, echinodorus on the left:



but the most favourite one is the one in the back that I hope is Shinnersia rivularis (Trichocoronis rivularis) - very fast growing plant that remineds me oak tree. It's name in Polish is Debowka Meksykanska that could be translated as Mexican Oak (Oakish) plant. Originally it comes from Mexico. Its top leaves can become red or brownish in proper ligh but it requires CO2.

Trichocoronis rivularis


Where did you get that?

Kev.

I have to go with Anubias nana, simply because that it seems to survive anything and that you can do so much with it, over/under water/on bog wood/floating etc.


Melander

I discovered that offer of plants in Wexford area was very limited and travelling to Dublin to buy one or two plants highly uneconomical. So, I looked for alternative sources that I found in other fishkeepers tanks in Poland My plants are exchanged for gifts related with Ireland and everybody seems to be happy. So, whoever flies to Poland is kindly asked to bring me something to my tank (instead of Polish sausage) .

What's English name of this plant? Are you interested in?

Kath

they are cracking plants katherine. the limnobium especially

but i would have to say my favourite is pogostemon helferi, its even doing well in my own tank and its loach-proof (unfortunately alot of nice foreground plants weren't, no matter what i did)

In a small setup...Anubias and Java moss.

In a big setup...Giant Vallis and Giant amazon Swords.

All cheap as chips, and they have grown well for me with less than ideal lighting.


Jay

Joey, can I enroll for the surplus of your pogestemon helferi if and when you have it, please? I tried twice to have it in my tank but due to 'too big fascination' from apple snails it didn't manage to survive. Now my apple snails population is limited to 5 snails and I hope the plant will be able to show its beauty even in my tank.

Isn't it nice that we indicate the most common and not so expensive plants as our most favourable ones?

no problem katherine, i will possibly be getting more as i am happy with it, and can send it down with the crypt i promised

and yes, i agree that thw easiest and more common are favourable and its probably due to ease of growing therefore more enjoyment from the plant (anything more difficult to grow will just die on me and i would get too cheesed off with it anyway!)

What's English name of this plant? Are you interested in?

Mexican oak leaf (Shinnersia rivularis)

I have never seen it in all my time in Fishkeeping.

Kev.

stretnik wrote:

I have never seen it in all my time in Fishkeeping.

Kev.

Kev, with no doubt you will see it just PM me your address, please. I cannot promiss you will get it within a week or two because I am still at the stage of its multiplication but the first surpluse I have is yours.

Kath

(PS I am so happy I could surprise you!! )

dar wrote:

sorry Kev i dont know the names so i will say nothing bar that one you posted is a beautiful plant and the one you posted a while back with all the holes in its leaves was my favourite, but i would slaughter both in a matter of days

i got a plant a while ago (it resembled a brain, if that is anything to go on, oh and it wasn't leaves it was tubular) and banged it in and it disintegrated over night, no kidding all i was left with was a white transparent mess. overnight i some how butchered it so that was my least favourite

was it this plant by any chance?



that's common thing with cryptocorynes, when they are moved to new tank with different water parameters they lose all leaves almost instantly, sometimes change of light is enough to trigger that
no worries tho cause plant starts to grow back in no time, all u need to do is leave it alone

As for the main question
crypts!
i love the way they colonize area due to creeping rhizome
right part of the bottom in this tank was totally overwhelmed
i like that kind of thick leafy vegetation

Haven't been keeping plants that long, but my favourite so far by quite a way is Nymphaea stellata. It grows in my tank without CO2 and only moderate lighting. The rusty red colour is a great contrast to green-leafed plants. Also, you can allow it to send up lilly pads to the surface to give shelter to fish and low-lighting plants if you wish. Really neat plant.

L

I'd be stuck to say which ONE is my fav.......but Cryptocorynes and Aponogetons I love.

Of the Crypts....the crinkly bubbly leaved ones are great (eg crispatula). The flowers are super....and many of them I can grow in the non-aquatic state in with the frogs.

ian

I was waiting for some smart**s to say "I love the cannabis plant man, groovy", or the Coca plant as a more exotic species !!

Mind you, you never said aquatic plants !!!!

@ Dar, i'd say the plant that looked like a brain was the banana plant, and the one with the holes in could have been the madagascan lace plant??? both very intersting and unusual, but would be very dead in my tank no doubt (saying that, the clown loaches make my echinodoras look like the lace plant so maybe they would leave it alone if thats the look they were going for...)

What's Your Favourite Plant And Why ?


after some thaught on the subject, My favourite Plants are:

Anubias Coffeefolia, easy but lovely Plant, great colour contrast with other Plants...

Aponogeton Longiplumulosis, aesthetically pleasing, easy to maintain, Bulb...

Aponogeton Ulvaceus, aesthetically pleasing, easy to maintain, Bulb, super fast growing flower stem...

Aponogeton Madagascariensis, really really nice looking Plant, super fast growing, easy to maintain, Bulb...

Crinum Thaianum, a Monster of a Plant, Bulb, grows quick, looks cool flowing with the current...

Juncus Repens, unusual looking, quick growing, nice corner filler, easy...

Crinum Natans, same appeal as the Aponogetonaceae Family but even nicer Plants...

Crinum Calamistratum, simply just an amazing looking Plant, quick growing, Bulb...

Lilaeopsis Brasiliensis, cool Carpeting Plant, easy, fast(ish) growing...

Cryptocoryne Wendtii Brown, lovely Plant, Easy, great colour contrast with other Plants...

Tri-Lobial Java Fern, love this Plant, Germinates from the tip of the Leaves aswell as the Rhizome, looks amazing criss crossing in the Aquarium...


Some other Semi-Aquatic (Pond / Paladarium) Plants I like are:

Iris Pseudacorus, Iris Laevigata, Zantedeschia Aethiopica, Typha Minima, Equisetum Japonicum,
Typha Angustifolia, Euphorbia palustris, Thalia Dealbata, Primula Vialii, Lysichiton Camtschatcensis...

that's it for the moment...

so being relatively new to Plants and having some experience with the above mentioned Plants (amoung others), My favourite would have to be Crinum Calamistratum

here's some shots of it in My 240, it's only new to the Aquarium but an instant favourite (and a Plant I've been after for a while)...












some other random shots








(p.s., can I get an ID on this Plant ?, it's a cool Plant, it opens and closes it's Leaves...)



Des

@Des Limnophila sessiliflora


H.

anubias - the led zeppelin / rolling stones of the aquatic plant world

Cannabis sativa does it for me, every time

"i swear, officer, all those lights and heaters are for my fishtanks!"