patuxent river collected plant . ID needed

eleontie · Post by **eleontie** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:14 pm

I found this plant in the Patuxent. It grew submersed attached to rocks and only in a really high flow area.
Looks like dill. just not very long 4-5'' tops. I suspect a Potamogeton, just have no clue what kind.

I tied it to he output of the cannister filter to replicate the high flow where I found it.

Eugen

Cavan · Post by **Cavan** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 3:27 pm

How cool! It looks like something from the family Podostemeceae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podostemaceae
Probably this:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=POCE3

eleontie · Post by **eleontie** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:33 pm

Yep , the description matches. Lets see if it survives in my tanks.
If it chooses to live on where I put it, it may make a nice "decoration" to the uglyness of the outflow pipes.

I already have Utricularia Graminifolia growing in the HOB in the nano. Looks really nice. Maybe something can be done with this one as well

Eugen

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:19 pm

the Utricularia Graminifolia looks really nice like that!

kerokero · Post by **kerokero** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:41 pm

how do you manage to take out the filter cartridge lol. guess that's how i should have tried growing it!

I'm interested to see how this other plant does

patuxent river collected plant . ID needed

patuxent river collected plant . ID needed

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