Thanks Ray,
I think the reason for the flowering may be tank conditions + the root
trimming but either way I am very pleased with the result. I didn't even
know Vallis flowered until I saw this! Several runners have recently cone
from the main tubs & are setting up roots in the actual gravel so I am
leaving them be, if they do start to develop a root-mat under hte gravel
that can only be a good thing as the increased vegetation should continue
to cut my NO3 down even further.
John*<
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On 16 February 2013 16:54, Ray sevenspringss@wmconnect.com> wrote:
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>
>
> Hi John,
>
> Congrats on your very good success with your Jungle Vallisneria. When
> plants find conditions much to their liking, they'll certainly thrive and
> flower. I don't know if you'll be able to cultivate new ones from seeds,
> but it sure shows these plants are doing well.
>
> Good thing you didn't give up on the Val last year. Really hard to say
> though, after all this time, whether their flowering came from the
> maintenance procedure you made way back then, or whether the tank
> conditions just improved enough by now to have this influence on them,
> after all this time. In any case, the root trimming certainly hasn't been
> detrimental to them, as is obvious by their flourishing now.
>
> Yes, plant cover will give fishes a sense of security. It allows them to
> display a more natural behavior. As for the plants, once the tank gets
> firmly established plants will be found to do very well feeding off of the
> breaking down of whatever fish droppings are allowed to penetrate into the
> substrate after the major portion is vacuumed off, and there will usually
> be enough fish waste in a long-established tank, to promote a more
> luxurious plant growth. Best of luck, and thanks for the pics.
>
> Ray
>
>
> --- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, "mrbushy2003" wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ray & Dawn,
> >
> > Rather than start afresh, I thought I would resurrect this old thread
> > as it contains reference to flowering Vallis plants & guess what-my
> > plants are doing just that! A few weeks ago I spotted the first runner &
> > it was already about 1.5 feet long & growing in a corkscrew kind of
> > coiled up stem. At the end is a small, attractive 3 petalled flower that
> > lays on the surface. Just now there must be almost 10 of these things
> > in my tank coming from both my planted pots of Vallis so conditions must
> > be greatly improved since I got some excellent advice & help off Dawn.
> > Before that my Vallis plants were a waste of time & they kept dying,
> > Dawn suggested I trim the roots & re-pot them so with nothing to loose I
> > did just that.
> >
> > Now, well over a year later my 2 large planters are bulging with healthy
> > green straight Vallis which must be at least 2 feet long. As I have one
> > pot either side of my tank the outlet current has formed the two lots
> > onto a lovely green arch that the fish love to sit under mid-water. I
> > guess having the cover gives them an added sense of security. I have
> > just uploaded 3 pictures of these flowers & they should be visible here:
> >
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> >
> > John<
> >
> >
> >
> --- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ray"
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dawn,
> >
> > As Valisneria, just like most other
> > aquatic plants, have only two modes of reproduction -- a) via
> > pollenation between two plants' tiny flowers held above the surface, and
> > b) via runners grown from the original (single) plant, I fail to see how
> > growing two different species of Valisneria in one pot could result in
> > the 2 plants crossbreeding since hardly anyone cultivates Valisneria
> > from seeds. The runners that a "mother" plant sends out along the
> > substrate to propagate additional plants is a result only of this
> > original ("mother") plant and is completely independent of any other
> > plants around it -- even other Valisneria of the same species. For a
> > cross-breed to occur, it would have to come from the cross-pollenation
> > of two plants' flowers, resulting in seeds -- which of course is
> > possible -- but who starts new Val from seeds unless it's some
> > horticulturist trying to develop a new variety of Val. Otherwise, it's
> > not very practical, nor is this type of cultivation very successful at
> > all, by the average hobbyist. I've never heard of any hobbyist
> > cultivating Val from the seeds of their flowers. For that matter, it
> > doesn't happen that often at all, that the average hobbyist is
> > successful in having their Valisneria flower.
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
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> >
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