Lysimachia nummularia

[parotet]

Hi all

I got some cuttings of this plants floating in my balcony pond and I've just come across some information on the internet about L. nummularia 'Aurea' which seems suitable for submersed growing. Not sure if it is the same used in ponds and how it does in a planted tank... It's strange not to see more often this plant in aquaria or in the most important retailers' catalogs. Any experience?

Jordi

 

[zozo]

Hi Jordi, no personal experience, but found it for sale at a Dutch aqaurium plant webshop.
Seems to be North american origine. Other discription as aquarium plant..

Temp: 10 - 26c
Placement: Midground
Hight: 40 cm
Light: Moderate - high
Color: Lightgreen to yellowish.

🙂 Looks nice..

Other webshop selling it says.. Most succesfull plant for cold water biotope. Likes temperatures under 22C, 20C is prefered for best results..
http://www.aquarium123.nl/Lysimachia-nummularia-Penningkruid

 

[alto]

L. nummularia 'Aurea'

This was the variation that Tropica offered - one of my favorite plants! so sad that it doesn't seem to be on their list anymore
Just as with Tropica's version of L paustris being "super-red", their 'Aurea' was much more golden with a more delicate leaf

Give it a go 😀
(especially as I'm thinking your balcony pond gets pretty warm so you've already selected for more heat tolerant version 😉)

 

[BruceF]

I grow the "aurea". Great color! It needs co2 to do well I think. Grows fairly slowly. Seems to like a lot of light. Here in the states you can find it at the local nurseries, often as a potted plant. They call it creeping Jenny.

 

[parotet]

Thanks all, we shall ask @Mick.Dk why Tropica is not producing it anymore... Looks an awesome plant on the pictures

Jordi

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

L. nummularia 'Aurea' which seems suitable for submersed growing

Lysimachia nummularia "Aurea" is quite a <"common garden plant"> in the UK in the (the wild type grows in a lot of neutral grasslands etc in the UK). It survives in some of the lawns at work, presumably having been there since they were less frequently mowed.

I've got Lysimachia nummularia and L. nemorum in the garden, but neither of them is really a plant that you would put any-where damper than a pond edge. I think Mick.Dk is your best bet for how persistent it is under-water.

cheers Darrel

 

[Sarpijk]

I believe I used to have this plant. It was my first ever aquatic plant and I got it at IKEA! Here is an old pic

 

[parotet]

I believe I used to have this plant. It was my first ever aquatic plant and I got it at IKEA! Here is an old pic

Lol! Currently at your IKEA store...
http://www.ikea.com/es/es/catalog/products/40049844/
It is the second, isn't it? I would say the first one is a Ludwigia and the third a Ceratopyllym. Not sure about the fourth. If you click on the other image available, there is also a Crypt. I've seen this format already in Chinese 1 euro shops... But sadly in most of the cases what you see is a brownish soup with bits of melted plants.

Jordi

 

[Mick.Dk]

This was the variation that Tropica offered - one of my favorite plants! so sad that it doesn't seem to be on their list anymore
Just as with Tropica's version of L paustris being "super-red", their 'Aurea' was much more golden with a more delicate leaf

Give it a go 😀
(especially as I'm thinking your balcony pond gets pretty warm so you've already selected for more heat tolerant version 😉)

- so YOU vere the one who occasionally bought this plant, nice to meet you 😛 - seriously, though; it was dismissed partly for not selling well, partly for having some difficulties in production.

 

[alto]

😀

When I couldn't get the Tropica version I tried a couple other sources, just not the same plant at all (despite one of the sellers claiming to have sourced from Tropica ) ... now I make do with Micranthemum umbrosum ... I also must've been one of the few enthusiasts of Gymnocoronis spilanthoides as it also disappeared 🙁