RyanR Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Is this Water Wisteria? I’ve thought that WW is more “lacey.” I’ve had this for about a month and it hasn’t melted or grown new leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoofyGarra Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 That does not appear to be Water Wisteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Payne Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Appears to be emmersed grown. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Cruiser Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Yes, mine did the same thing. Then one day, all the lower leaves started dying & new growth took off. Evidently, they favor a more "root" to green leaf ratio for replanting. Give it time & light...it should turn around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanked Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 My Water Wisteria looks like yours, most of the time. The plants are more than a year old. In my 10 gallon, the lacy leaves are forming on the floating cuttings, and the plants that are closest to the surface, where the light is most intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanR Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 I have one stem floating to see what it will do. I was hoping that when I bought it, it was emmerssed grown and it would convert. 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle_Aquarist Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) Hi @RyanR, @T. Payne is correct, that is what the leaves of Water Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis) looks like when it is grown out of the water (emersed form). The submerged form of the leaves are the frilly almost fern-like leaves you are used to seeing. Now that the stems are submerged the stems will absorb the nutrients in the leaves which will slowly die off and the stems will use those nutrients for roots and new submerged form leaves. Hope this helps! -Roy Edited May 19 by Seattle_Aquarist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PonyPlantedTanks Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 That looks exactly like the water wisteria I had. It doesn’t look “lacy” quite yet because it is still converting from emerged growth. Mine took an awful long time to convert, but once it does it will appear a little more like water sprite. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanR Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Thanks everyone. It sounds like it’s just not happening as quickly as I hoped. No big deal. I can see roots coming off of the stems right above the eco complete going into the substrate, so it’s doing something. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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