Crypt. Red striotala is flowering underwater

[AnhBui]

I bought a Red striotala August last year. It was emersed form, and already had flower

I sent it to my friend for nursing right before I renovated my house. Come visit my friend’s again and I am now seeing it is flowering

Has anyone ever seen a crypt that’s flowering underwater?

 

[sciencefiction]

I never got mine to flower until recently despite keeping them for years. I keep cryptocoryne beckettii petchii pink in various tanks.
The only place one flowered for me was in half emersed form, planted in a basket near the water surface.

The flower appears to be very delicate and didn't last long. I am hoping another one will grow soon.

 

[akwarium]

a few years back a cryptocoryne pontederiifolia flowered underwater in my tank.

 

[AnhBui]

a few years back a cryptocoryne pontederiifolia flowered underwater in my tank.
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Interesting. How long was it planted in the aquarium? It looks like to me it was adapting from emersed to submerged form based on its leaves.

 

[akwarium]

this pic was taken on 1 april 2013, I bought the rhizomes of ebay in oktober 2012. It was seriously neglected in a low tech tank I used to raise fry of Parosphromenus..