About three months ago, I received a broad, easier to grow variety of Cryptocoryne nurii. The plants adapted quickly to cultivation and started robust growth. Last week, I was checking up on the plants and to my surprise, I noticed a dead spathe on one of the plants. It was quite unexpected since I had inspected the plants a couple of weeks earlier and hadn’t noticed anything. I checked the other plants, and sure enough, there was another plant sending up a spathe. This time, I caught it in bloom. Here are the pictures…
A fairly well defined collar.
The edge of the limb has protuberances. You can see them in this profile shot..
Another angle..
The leaves are also quite attractive…
Inside the kettle.
I cut away the valve to expose the male flower.
The female flower looks small.
Fantastic photos that would make any aquatic plant grower envious of your skills. Not to mention how inspirational all these photos are.
Kind Regards, Orlando
Really nice spathe, one of my favourites.
Congrat for the new spathe and the new blog and look.
By the way, I just created a group in flickr on crypts and lagenandra species pictures. Would be nice get you in.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1086040@N20/