Matt @ ScapeEasy
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Thats really interesting about the vallis.and sea grasses. I wonder what the trigger for flowering is? I had always read / assumed that propagation was solely through runners. Does anyone else know of any other examples?
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Sub surface flowers
- Thread starter idris
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Hornwort, another fully submerged flowering plant, pollinate underwater.
https://www.flowgrow.de/db/aquaticplants/ceratophyllum-demersum
The adaptation of Ceratophyllum to a life under water is extreme. Its inconspicuous flowers open under water, and the pollen from the male flowers gets to the female flowers through the water (hydrophily).
https://www.flowgrow.de/db/aquaticplants/ceratophyllum-demersum
The adaptation of Ceratophyllum to a life under water is extreme. Its inconspicuous flowers open under water, and the pollen from the male flowers gets to the female flowers through the water (hydrophily).
Edvet
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Bucephelandra are also insect polinated (drosophilae) and show underwater flowers the way people keep them.
G
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Take a look at this article Underwater Pollinators.
I'm not sure exactly but Vallisneria spiralis would flower regularly in my low energy, which would suggest nothing very much in particular. Although I'm guessing daylight length and light intensity would be the usual triggers.
Edvet
Member
Candlelight and a glass of wine?
Matt @ ScapeEasy
Member
Long walk on the beach lol
It does make me wonder "why bother" when you can spread so efficiently through runners etc etc... genetic diversity I suppose?
