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Ammania pedicellata Difficulty: Easy I only realised this was in flower because I spotted pollen on the desk. How beautiful! They look like mini orchids.

Check out this thread; https://ukaps.org/forum/threads/buce-box-how-to-easily-propagate-bucephalandra-and-other-emersed-plants.67155/

That's awesome! Did you buy them as seeds originally or as mature plants?

No worries! I planned for this to be a long term ongoing thread so no pressure.

Grows emersed too

Rotala rotundifolia Persicaria 'Sao Paolo' (does really well) Pretty much all Hydrocotyle sp. Murdannia keisak Ludwigia palustris 'Super Red' Lindernia rotundifolia Pogostemon erectus Phyllantus fluitans (when it reaches critical mass it will grow upwards almost like a stem plant) Eleocharis sp...

Pogostemon erectus Difficulty: Medium I don't think this plant is particularly difficult to grow emersed but getting it to flower takes some patience. I'm tempted to put some in my terrarium.

Bacopa caroliniana Difficulty: Easy I actually forgot I planted this in the pond tank. I had extra plantlets from when I planted up my Utricularia terrarium. Unfortunately aphids thwarted that. This started as a tissue culture plant and I've not done anything in particular to get this to flower...

To tell the truth I've never drained the water from my setup for this reason. It's been around a year now and I've not had any issues.

Yep! If it can grow underwater, go for it!

These photos are looking great! So much variety 😍 Don't forget to add the difficulty level and some growing information to your post so it will help others. 🙂

Just looked it up, looks beautiful! It almost looks like a cross between Rotala Florida and the colour of Ludwigia Super Red. How'd it grow underwater for you?

I also had Cameroon moss attach to rock but this was emersed.

No I've barely touched the tank in the last 3 weeks, except for water changes. It could also be a CO2 delivery issue, my pipes do need cleaning and a trim is overdue. But I like it overgrown!

Cryptocoryne nurii 'Rosen Maiden' Difficulty: Medium Annoyingly I couldn't get a good picture because the spathe has come up facing away from the glass! Nevertheless, you can see it's a beautiful trumpet of a flower and pretty big. I noticed some of the older leaves melting off and I thought it...

Blyxa japonica Difficulty: Easy Flowers are tiny and inconspicuous, and could easily be mistaken for some kind of runner. I noticed it's very easy to get this plant to produce flower spikes under strong lighting, but the flowers only seem to 'bloom' if they're able to reach above the surface...

Bucephalandra Moss..... Yes

Lindernia Rotundifolia Difficulty: Easy This plant flowers readily when grown emersed, although the blooms don't last long. This was started from a submerged cutting and adapted fairly quickly.

Beautiful!!

In my experience @Wookii the humidity will be maintained as long as it's fairly well sealed. The droplets on the leaves aren't necessary and in fact are probably contributing to any algae/mold development. The leaves in my buce box are pretty much dry, at most moist to the touch. I also feed...

Did the anubias start underwater? I've had anubias flower underwater but the spathe got eaten immediately haha.

This was Emersed Growth Flowers

Rotala Rotundifolia (Blood Red variant) Difficulty: Easy This plant was taken as submerged cutting from my aquarium. I kept it moist as much as possible whilst it transitioned into emersed growth. It took several months to produce flowes but now flowers non stop. Hydrocotyle Verticillata...

Hi everyone, After reading a suggestion made by @dean in an old thread by @Tim Harrison , I thought I'd kick things off. This thread aims to be a collection of photos of flowering aquatic plants that we often keep in aquaria. Please feel free to contribute with photos of your aquatic plant...

They are completely harmless to plants 🙂

Howdy @thenettiger ! To answer your questions the best I can... 1. This would technically be a paludarium with the inclusion of the water. 2. Moisture + wood + lack of air flow generally results in mold. It's not really a big issue and they often burn themselves out. The mold is likely feeding...

Omg, all this since today!! I'm gonna have a good read when I get home. Excited for this! @Wookii

I did consider this but I didn't want to introduce mold that was otherwise not there and potentially spread it. Also didn't want them to take their eyes off the prize haha. I've never actually used coconut coir for anything so I'm not sure what it's like. I just used seedling compost because...

I have PLENTY if you need to get yourself going. Initially I added some a few times and they kept dwindling, not really sure why. But a couple months ago I added some and the population has maintained and I haven't had to add any more. Possibly there is more of a food source? Not sure.

I've used springtails since the beginning @Wookii and haven't had any mold issues. This is purely anecdotal though.

Oh yes! I got some inspiration from him for sure.

Awesome! Possibly heat? I've had a few leaves melt when it got a bit hot.

Thanks! I will add those that aren't already up.

Hey Garuf, the mosses are grown directly on lava stone.

Good to know! I've learnt something. 😁 I also have a lot of TNC Complete I'm barely using so I could start with that I guess until it runs out.

Admittedly I haven't been changing out the water. Mainly because I filled up the bucket with soil (it's Tropica btw) and realised it was too heavy to lift and too low down to siphon off haha. But I've had floating plants in it the whole time so I'll test for ammonia now and see if I can drain...

I'm doing a foreground rescape on the weekend with new soil that's been soaking in a bucket since September. Do you think I'll be ok using that without issue? I suspect this could be the case. Im slightly reluctant to fertilise with a foliar spray as I don't want to burn the leaves. My thought...

I add in raw rice, around 3-5 grains per container and the time depends on how active to colony is. In one of my boxes they need feeding maybe once every 10 days? The other two are much slower, going several weeks without needing more food. In terms of the substrate, this is one of the reasons...

Thanks @Wookii for reminding me about the springtails. You can add springtails to help fight off mould. I assume they are working because I don't have any mould despite the overcrowding. If you want to easily farm springtails, get yourself a starter culture from a generous friend or online...

I'm not adding any fertiliser to this setup and I'm guessing any nutrients they get are coming from the aquasoil. I suspect over time I'll need to either add liquid fertiliser like I do with my terrarium/mini pond or you could even put some nutrition capsules in the substrate. My photo taking...

Hey guys, after a little poke from @Wookii , I thought I'd share what I'm doing to propagate some of my emersed plants, particularly Bucephalandra. Full disclaimer; I was not the first to do this and there are many examples of people doing it online. It is also common place in large plant...

Oh ok interesting! Would like to see how it goes, it's cool project.

I think it's definitely doable. I would be tempted to use some aquasoil or something because the water run off will be full of nutrients if you use regular soil and that will be a nightmare going into your aquarium.

Are you thinking of doing aquatic plants or terrestrial?

Omg, I thought you were joking! What a liberty!

That's so impressive that it survived the winter!

Nice! I might try this with some Monte Carlo I've got