Stash Beardsley Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I forgot this plants name. Can somebody help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I’ll have to look up the spelling. ok it’s Subwassertang 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Beardsley Posted January 9, 2022 Author Share Posted January 9, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 5:34 PM, Patrick_G said: I’ll have to look up the spelling. ok it’s Subwassertang That's what it is. Thank you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 id call it BOB.😈 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expectorating_Aubergine Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Cool bit of info is that it's not actually an aquatic liverwort, but the gametophyte of an epiphytic fern (lomariopsis). They never turn into the sporophyte form (the fern) because subwassertang is all male.... and it's in the water. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 5:51 PM, Expectorating_Aubergine said: Cool bit of info is that it's not actually an aquatic liverwort, but the gametophyte of an epiphytic fern (lomariopsis). They never turn into the sporophyte form (the fern) because subwassertang is all male.... and it's in the water. Wow, I know a bit of horticulture and a tiny bit of botany but I’m going to have to do a bit of research to understand this 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expectorating_Aubergine Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) Fern reproduction is kinda analogous to amphibian repro in animals. There are stages and phases that look nothing like the parent fern. They require water for it all to happen. Also there are some that have foregone the sporophyte (fern) stage and only exist as gametophytes (like paedomorphosis in axolotyls). Edited January 10, 2022 by Expectorating_Aubergine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer V Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Love my susswassertang! It can get a little messy but I don't mind that. It's so pretty and easy to grow in my experience. @Expectorating_Aubergine what cool info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 In German, the letter that looks like a capital B in the middle of words is actually a double S. So it's Susswassertang, not Subwassertang, technically. I've heard Americans pronounce it both ways, because we aren't so familiar with the double S. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer V Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/11/2022 at 8:27 PM, PineSong said: In German, the letter that looks like a capital B in the middle of words is actually a double S. So it's Susswassertang, not Subwassertang, technically. I've heard Americans pronounce it both ways, because we aren't so familiar with the double S. Yes! It's called an eszett. I cannot get my wife to call the susswassertang anything but "sub" for the life of me. Drives me crazy! 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 We bought a clump off an old aquarist two years ago and thought we’d lost it entirely. It grows so slowly. But just the other day, I found it still at school, “smoking behind the gym” or something like that… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mydonkeyfish Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 (edited) It is a german plant or it at least has a german name and is pronounced suss wasser tang Awesome tank😁 Edited January 12, 2022 by Mydonkeyfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettsPapa Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 7:08 AM, Fish Folk said: We bought a clump off an old aquarist two years ago and thought we’d lost it entirely. It grows so slowly. But just the other day, I found it still at school, “smoking behind the gym” or something like that… Something similar happened to me, except the part about it growing slowly. I bought some from a hobbyist in another part of the country. I believe she has soft, low pH water (mine is hard, with pH at 8.2). She sent a beautiful clump that gradually dwindled until I thought it was all gone. It was probably close to a year later that I noticed a few bits of it in the tank. Before long it was growing well, and is now growing fast enough that I have extra to sell every few months. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expectorating_Aubergine Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 5:19 AM, Mydonkeyfish said: It is a german plant or it at least has a german name and is pronounced suss wasser tang Awesome tank😁 It has the German name because it was discovered in its current form in a German conservatory. The actual plant is from tropical Asia. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mydonkeyfish Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 11:17 AM, Expectorating_Aubergine said: It has the German name because it was discovered in its current form in a German conservatory. The actual plant is from tropical Asia. thats really cool i never knew that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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