Microsorum pteropus ??

JDowns · 03-27-2008, 10:43 PM

This started out as an experiment before I tore this tank down the last time. I took a plantlet off of a Java Fern and burried it so the roots and what little rhizome there was were completely burried. It took a month for the initial two leaves to grow in and at that point I cut off the old two leaves which where of a completely different structure ( the typical Pteropus leaf structure). Growth was very slow in the hard water (kh 7, gh 17), but has taken off in softer RO water (kh 4, gh 6). Whats been interesting is not really the leaf patterns but the way the rhizome grows upward much like a typical stem plant. The rhizome has split under the substrate into currently three ??stems??. The leaves grow in opposite, and every row turned 90 degrees. I've never had a Microsorum Pteropus species grow like this in many ways including the bright green coloration that matches Rotala sp. Green. Also I have yet to see a plantlet develop on a leaf or the typical black spots underneath the leaves that the parent plant had. To bad eventually this plant has to go because it just does not fit into my current scheme.

Full Shot

Close up of stem

Also to note last time I moved it when I reset up this tank I was impressed by the massive root structure.

BPASCreighton · 03-28-2008, 12:11 AM

I think that's Hygrophila difformis. It looks like its growing well for you though.

JDowns · 03-28-2008, 12:25 AM

I think your absolutley right. Odd cuz I've never purchased it and it was clearly attached to the Java Fern. Well that solves that mystery.

Pat7676 · 03-28-2008, 02:33 PM

Yeah its Hygrophila Difformis.

03-27-2008, 10:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
JDowns Senior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 148	Microsorum pteropus ?? This started out as an experiment before I tore this tank down the last time. I took a plantlet off of a Java Fern and burried it so the roots and what little rhizome there was were completely burried. It took a month for the initial two leaves to grow in and at that point I cut off the old two leaves which where of a completely different structure ( the typical Pteropus leaf structure). Growth was very slow in the hard water (kh 7, gh 17), but has taken off in softer RO water (kh 4, gh 6). Whats been interesting is not really the leaf patterns but the way the rhizome grows upward much like a typical stem plant. The rhizome has split under the substrate into currently three ??stems??. The leaves grow in opposite, and every row turned 90 degrees. I've never had a Microsorum Pteropus species grow like this in many ways including the bright green coloration that matches Rotala sp. Green. Also I have yet to see a plantlet develop on a leaf or the typical black spots underneath the leaves that the parent plant had. To bad eventually this plant has to go because it just does not fit into my current scheme. Full Shot Close up of stem Also to note last time I moved it when I reset up this tank I was impressed by the massive root structure.

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03-28-2008, 12:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
BPASCreighton Senior Aquascaper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 104	I think that's Hygrophila difformis. It looks like its growing well for you though.

03-28-2008, 12:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
JDowns Senior Aquascaper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 148	I think your absolutley right. Odd cuz I've never purchased it and it was clearly attached to the Java Fern. Well that solves that mystery.

03-28-2008, 02:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pat7676 Senior Aquascaper Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jackson, Mississippi Posts: 753	Yeah its Hygrophila Difformis.