Well, its been about a week since I pulled some elliptica leaves and planted them. on the advice of Jim and with Aarons previous experiences, I had taken a couple of the leaves out of the pot and put them on a folded paper towel right in the crypt tank so that they were sitting in 3-4mm of water. I took some new pictures today..
This leaf already had a fairly significant plantlet on it. However, look – not much has changed in the 1 week.
The ones in water have been there a couple days LESS than the ones in the soil, take a look here….
New roots are clearly visible and growing! It appears to have a 2nd ‘leaf’ as well.
Both leaves I put in water show similar results and both potted leaves are exactly as they were when I potted them. Comparing these, I’ve taken the rest of the leaves from the pot and added them into the water.
Very interesting! Thank you for this discovery! (sorry, duplicate message)
Hi Ghazanfar, you have a nice blog. I’m Gerardo Ramirez from Mexico. I love aquatic plants, especially the Crypts. However, I’m unable to make them grow emerged. Could you please share some tips for this? Also I would be thankful if you pass me your email. Here it is mine: “gerardo_adolfo_r @ hotmail dot com”. Thanks!