About five years ago, I obtained this plant from Karen Randell. It was only being circulated amongst a handful of hobbyists and still, its not a common plant. I’ve been growing it successfully in my emersed setup for a year or so. It does seem to appreciate more light than Cryptocorynes, and I think that’s probably true for most species in the genus Lagenandra. The one I have is the pink version, characterized by the bright pink leaves it produces when grown fully submersed, which it does quite well.
This is the second time its thrown up a spathe. The last one died before it opened up – I think that was during a cold spell, and that’s probably why.
Anyway, onto the pictures!
Ghazanfar Ghori Spathes
I’ve been growing Cryptocoryne cordata var. diderici for almost two years now. It differs from the other cordata variants in several ways. The leaves have a reddish tone to them and the limb of the spathe is red, as opposed to the bright yellow / brownish stained yellow color of regular cordata.
Anyway, a few weeks ago I noticed a spathe coming up – and a few days ago it opened up. As the spathe opened up, it continued to open until there was a slit in the tube itself. Weird. I guess the flower was just too small / weak.
Ghazanfar Ghori Spathes
One of the plants from ECS was labeled Lagenandra dewitii. Although still a small plant, it flowered yesterday. Comparing this to pictures of Lagenandra spathes on Jan’s website, I think what I have here is really Lagenandra lancifolia.
Here are my pictures: I apologize for the bad pictures, the batteries in my flash died and I was in a rush. Just used the on board flash in my camera to make do.
The inside of the kettle is very ‘furry’. I tried to capture it but since its also incredibly dark purple, it was difficult to do so.
Heres the link to Jan’s website:
L. dewitii
http://www.xs4all.nl/~crypts/Lagenandra/Gallery/lde/lde.html
L. lancifolia
http://www.xs4all.nl/~crypts/Lagenandra/Gallery/lla/lla.html
Ghazanfar Ghori Spathes
Every so often, I see excited posts online from a newish Cryptocoryne collector showing pictures of an immature spathe – which sometimes turns out to be just a new leaf unfurling. Its an understandable mistake as sometimes the new leaves do look a little like a immature spathe.
A few weeks ago, I was peering into my Cryptocoryne setup and saw a spathe – wait no – thats a leaf – wait sec…what the heck is that thing?!
It appears to be something between a leaf and a spathe. It certainly has some spathe structures on it. The kettle is present, as is something that represents a tube. The ‘leaf’ part is where the limb of the spathe would be.
Some kind of mutation! Weird. Anyway – it was freaky enough to be worth posting here about.
Ghazanfar Ghori Spathes
