yep i had several white water lilies i gathered at my cottage and they grew at a similar rate it's too bad my convicts basicaly wouldn't let them grow at all..... maybe next year ill gather some more.
Thats the shoot it sends to the surface to grow a pad on the surface. RIght now I have one that is sending shoots every few days and are going up to the surface really fast. But I been cutting them.
..just got one of these on a trade a while back...it seems to falter in my tank at first..big leafs would grow then 'melt' off..that lasted for a few weeks...now its explodes with huge leaves ^_^ but no runner yet...soon i hope