Ripariums for Plant Filtration
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I put together a new blog post with descriptions of stuff that I received in a new order from Asiatica Nursery. I got two Schismatoglottis spp. plants and a couple of other fun and intriguing possibilities for riparium growing.
Here's the link to the post.
http://hydrophytesblog.com
New Order from Asiatica Nursery, Part I: Schismatoglottis plants
And here are shots of the two plants that I describe there.
Schismatoglottis picta
Schismatoglottis 'Frosty Kiss'
Here's the link to the post.
http://hydrophytesblog.com
New Order from Asiatica Nursery, Part I: Schismatoglottis plants
And here are shots of the two plants that I describe there.
Schismatoglottis picta
Schismatoglottis 'Frosty Kiss'
Hey thanks Hasi!
Last week I got a pretty cool bloom from one of my riparium plants, Cryptocoryne usteriana.
Here's a close up shot for the spathe.
Last week I got a pretty cool bloom from one of my riparium plants, Cryptocoryne usteriana.
Here's a close up shot for the spathe.
The other night I got a bloom from one of my plants, Traub's spider lily (Hymenocallis traubii). I was so happy to see it open. This one is not currently growing in a riparium, but I did have it in the 120-gallon tank last year. I kept the bulbs dormant this winter and they began to grow right away when I potted them up in a terra cotta pot with clay gravel for growing in a container pond.
The foliage is only about 12" tall, so this plant has the right size and shape for growing in a riparium. The flower stalk grew somewhat taller, to about 15".
The foliage is only about 12" tall, so this plant has the right size and shape for growing in a riparium. The flower stalk grew somewhat taller, to about 15".
I am starting work on another new setup for my emersed crypts. I have some real nice plants, but they are all in dingy culture tanks right now. I am shooting for something like the setup where I had my crypts before in a 55.
I have a fun piece of of hardware to use for this new project, a new riparium trellis raft design that is designed for medium-small varieties of emersed aquatics that grow on hard substrates, such as Java fern 'Windeløv' and Anubias barteri var. nana. Here is a shot of the raft, which is about 5.5" long.
I imagine this design to be a good substrate This picture shows a nana growing on the old prototype raft, which had more pieces of foam sticking out.
The new design should be easier to cover up and it has a few other handy features too. Here are some shots showing various different configurations that one might use for attaching the raft with hanging planters.
That last one uses one of the puzzlie-piece floats to get the raft out another 1" or so. There are some other plants that might also be supported well by this thing. Certain stems, such as aluminum plant (Pilea cardierei), could for example be planted into those larger round holes in the raft.
I have a fun piece of of hardware to use for this new project, a new riparium trellis raft design that is designed for medium-small varieties of emersed aquatics that grow on hard substrates, such as Java fern 'Windeløv' and Anubias barteri var. nana. Here is a shot of the raft, which is about 5.5" long.
I imagine this design to be a good substrate This picture shows a nana growing on the old prototype raft, which had more pieces of foam sticking out.
The new design should be easier to cover up and it has a few other handy features too. Here are some shots showing various different configurations that one might use for attaching the raft with hanging planters.
That last one uses one of the puzzlie-piece floats to get the raft out another 1" or so. There are some other plants that might also be supported well by this thing. Certain stems, such as aluminum plant (Pilea cardierei), could for example be planted into those larger round holes in the raft.
I have made more headway with my 50-gallon setup. Click the link in my sig to get to that journal.
This angle shot is a bit more appealing. I think that the above water area is looking pretty good.
