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Anubias leaf or.......

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#1 · (Edited)
So I bought this Anubias already attached to this piece of driftwood from Petco over the weekend.
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I noticed the other day it was putting out what I thought was a new leave but I am not sure as I have the same plant in my 55 gallon and when it puts off new leaves it doesn't really look like this
Green Leaf Plant Flower Organism


So can someone tell what thy is? Maybe a new leave?
 
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#2 ·
i don't know much about anubias, but it looks more like a flower to me. i have to say, if it is a leaf i doubt it will be formed right.
 
#5 ·
LoL Thanks Jayy, I actually just got done reading the profile and saw that but still not sure as the profile pic is different. At any rate I think the plant likes it in my setup as it has only been there since Saturday. LoL
 
#7 ·
Yes, that is a flower appearing. The photo in the profile isn't the best, but it was all I could find online that wasn't copyright.

The flowers are to me small versions of the houseplant calla lily, if you've ever seen that flowering. The petals will turn white, and there is the stamen inside. The flower remains underwater when the plant is submersed as it usually is in aquaria.

Plants sometimes flower shortly after you acquire them. That is usually because they have been grown emersed by the nursery, and marsh plants (many of our popular aquarium plants are not true aquatic but amphibious marsh plants) normally flower during the emersed period. I did once have Anubias flower for me after it had been in the aquarium for several years, which was a nice surprise.
 
#8 ·
Yes it was kinda hard to see the flower in the profile pic. Thanks for explain more on how the flower will look. I had a lily once in a 55 gallon tank once setup for frogs. It would produce flowers on a regular basis. The flowers were pretty much how you described them. I have no clue how long this plant had been in the stores tank but usually the stores around me really don't sell that much plants so there's no telling how long they had it for. At any rate I am just happy I actually got a plant to flower be it whatever reason. LoL
 
#11 ·
Hi guys sorry to intrude on this post but I have two small Anubius plants in my tanks. Mine are growing at a fairly normal pace I think, i see new leaves growing every week or so. But the leaves are only small and the stem on the leaf isnt long.
I wanted these plants so they can grow long stems and maybe broader leaves.
The tank light is on around 9 sometimes 10 hours a day. I use different brands of aquairum plant formula in the tank each week.
Does anyone know how to make the plant stems grown longer and leaves broader?
 
#12 ·
It depends upon the species. The genus Anubias contains several species, and each will grow differently. Sometimes it is not easy to tell species apart, as differing conditions in different aquaria may influence the plant a bit. If you check our profile [profiles are under the second tab from the left in the blue bar across the top of the page, or if the name is used the same in posts it will shade, example Anubias barteri, and you can click the shaded name for the profile], you will note it mentions several species with A. barteri var. nana being the smallest form and the most common; this is likely what you have.

Anubias are all slow growing; a new leaf every week is doing well. The plant itself grows by lengthening the rhizome (the thick "stem" from which all leaves sprout) but the length of the individual leaf petiole and the leaf size will be largely determined by the genes of the plant species.

Light and nutrients will affect the plant with respect to its growth rate, but not such as to make larger leaves. Some plants do have differing leaf sizes and lengths depending upon light and nutrients, many Echinodorus and Hellanthium (sword plants) for example. Anubias is a shade plant in the true sense of the word; it grows best in indirect light, such as under cover of taller plants or floating plants. In direct light it often does poorly, and brush algae is usually quick to attack the leaves in brighter light.

Byron.
 
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