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Can anyone confirm if these are flower stalks coming up? They're way thicker than normal leaf stalks... I'm just curious and impatient and couldn't find anything on Google haha.
I'm trying to remember what my flowers looked like, but those look more like runners to me. This utric makes runners like crazy so if you are familiar with those and the new stalks look different then maybe...
Okay haha I'll keep an eye on them, if they are flowers then I feel bad for the plant since I just divided it up a bunch haha. I'll keep this updated Thanks guys!
I've grown U.nelumbifolia for about 4 years now and I've never seen runners that resemble newly emerging flower stalks. Mine just got done with a couple stalks and is working on a few more now.
I don't find Nelumbifolia to be as picky as some other species but what is your medium like? I don't have mine in live sphag but I know that is what they're happiest in, if you cant provide that then as aerated a mixture as possible. Another thing is most people might tell you not to sit these guys in water, I'm not sure how accurate that is towards nelumbifolia, I had mine in a tray of water for a few months and it did just fine (some other species will hate that) so if you have it sitting in water maybe take it out of there?
That's what stumps me too, I have it in live sphagnum aerated with perlite, kept wet but not sitting in water.
I tried keeping it drier earlier, but it grew really slowly. Oddly enough it took off like a rocket for the two weeks I went back home in San Diego, and then stopped again once I got back here in Nashville.
In any case, I moved a small chunk into a tall jar with an inch of water at the bottom, but not reaching up to the live sphag the utric is in. Hopefully it'll do better in there.
Hmmm makes me curious too.. what kind of lighting do you have them in? (Woohoo for San Diego )
EDIT: yea like kulamauiman said, my next guess was going to be maybe you have it in too much light
Hm, that could be one reason. I have it a few inches from some 2800 lumen CFLs in a west facing window. I think it's more than a lighting issue though, as underground the plant didn't grow very much either.
Ahhh I see difficult situation. Temps for my utrics or just the weather in general haha?
Its been mid to high 70s here on the coast and looks like its going to stay that way for a while
I keep my U. Nelumbifolia very very wet and it has grown like this for years. It's in an east facing window sill and is in flower right now. Temps can go as low as 40f with no problems.
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