How to get Palour palm to grow out of aquarium water

[Aqua Hero]

Hello guys, I've been trying to grow alot of different house plants out of my aquarium water with alot of success. I do it more so for the aesthetics but it is helping greatly with water quality as well.

All the plants showing in the picture are rootings and growing just fine however the only plant I have struggled to grow out of water is the Palour Palm.

I've tried it twice in just a vase and it would slowly start to die. I haven't tried it on my aquarium yet to see if it will work.

I've seen alot of YouTubers use this plant in their ripariums with success (well I say that but these videos never seem to have an update follow up video afterwards).

Has anyone grown this plant in tank water with success?

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[PARAGUAY]

Take a look at you tube Plant life Project channel, he experiments with plants to find out best way

 

[Ronoh]

Hi, I'm curious how you got on with this?

 

[megwattscreative]

I've seen alot of YouTubers use this plant in their ripariums with success (well I say that but these videos never seem to have an update follow up video afterwards).

I see the same thing with alocasias, but mine likes to shrivel up at the first sign of overwatering. Curious to know what the likelihood of success actually is, and the best methods too!

Thanks for the recommendation Paraguay! I will check them out 🙂

 

[simon_the_plant_nerd]

I see the same thing with alocasias, but mine likes to shrivel up at the first sign of overwatering.

I have terrible success with alocasias. I’ve stopped buying them now. I never think I’m caring for them, more just delaying their death.

 

[Fishfur]

Hello guys, I've been trying to grow alot of different house plants out of my aquarium water with alot of success. I do it more so for the aesthetics but it is helping greatly with water quality as well.

All the plants showing in the picture are rootings and growing just fine however the only plant I have struggled to grow out of water is the Palour Palm.

I've tried it twice in just a vase and it would slowly start to die. I haven't tried it on my aquarium yet to see if it will work.

I've seen alot of YouTubers use this plant in their ripariums with success (well I say that but these videos never seem to have an update follow up video afterwards).

Has anyone grown this plant in tank water with success?View attachment 218832View attachment 218833

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Just curious, but how did you go about the attempt to grow Chamaedorea elegans in water?

How large was the plant you started with?

They are native to Central American rainforests & apparently grow well hydroponically so it should be possible to grow them in aquariums.

 

[SSK101]

I've tried palour palm with no luck, there are better options, like pothos and monsteria ect,the poor palm took a year to recover from it's ordeal

 

[Connswater]

first sign of overwatering

I have had so many disappointments with alocasia. My experience is that they will do well, for a time, under a grow light in a warm but not dry air, situation, in a self-watering style pot e.g. Lechuza planter - but with the addition of clay pebbles beneath the compost. But keeping such an ideal environment all year round is almost impossible in a home. Most house plants can be moved from south to north windows, pushed forward toward the glass or pulled back as the light and heat change. Alocasia, just will not tolerate water logged soil or chilly or dry air, not at all, but must be kept warm and humid and have moist soil but not wet soil - all much easier said than done. The air in my home is generally too dry in the winter, perhaps in a plant cabinet or, with real ingenuity and with well layered compost, a paludarium. However, generally, beyond the usual easy house plants I have found growing pot plants out of the tank harder than many suggest, easier to let the aquarium plants grow emerged, crypts, echinodorus, Indian fern, myriophyllum (the latter is a thug, however) etc., I've tried various strategies for house plants growing out of the aquarium with very mixed success, a bit like striking house and garden cuttings in water, it rarely goes well for me compared to a gritty soil compost. I've been eyeing up the gardener's garters - Phalaris arundinacea,
which keeps invading my wild life pond, as my next tropical fish tank emerged plant experiment, even though the RHS tells me it needs well drained soil.