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Swiss Cheese Plant and other house plants

zhuth

zhuth

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So here we go my first post :clap:

I want to ask your opinions what you think about this. Long time ago i saw some Ivy like plans I think in London Aquarium going through the tanks. so when i was doing "cutting" on my potted house plants and they roots have grown already i took one Swiss Cheese plant and I think delis Ivy and put it in my tank through the lid. Unfortunately the Devils Ivy I re-potted but the Swiss Cheese plant I left in the tank and it is growing nicely (see pictures). Its roots just are hanging in the tank and everything is fine.

Does any of you have other plants in your tanks in similar position?
I am currently looking to get some other species (cuttings) to grow some roots and will try then in my tank (names will Google and update once its ready) once they ready will post some pictures and keep you updated.
Thanks for reading.
 
Thanks Iian 🙂
You have a very nice looking little tank there.
Will have a look at the Chocolate puddle. Also will check out ficus colombia as i have not had any experience whit this plant.
I'm not sure, is Devils ivy part of the philodendron family?
Not sure but i have something similar now "rooting" (don't know the right expression for it but waiting the roots to grow on a cutting ) will post picture later as cant find the name.
 
So since I could not log on yesterday for some reason I could not post photos so I goggle them but will post pictures soon.

The next plants cuttings I am rooting are (if goggled right):
-Nephthytis, White-veined arrowhead vine
-Parlour palm, Chamaedorea Elegans
-Dumb Cane, Dieffenbachia
-Chain of hearts

The first two a definitely want to try in the tank, the Dumb cane……?
Since goggling for the names I read that dumb cane is poisonous so maybe you could give advice if any of you have it or not, also not 100% sure about name will post picture but if it’s poisonous I won’t use it. The only interesting thing is I saw this plant is a tank or terrarium somewhere but your opinion is most welcome. Especially that I have an 11 month old son so if it’s too dangerous it will have to go completely

I'm not sure about Chain of Hearts that will survive and not just rot.
And I have an Elephant's ear (Alocasia amazonica) which I would like to try maybe as well but that is sitting in a pot at the moment as a happy house plant should.

So these are the ones I try just now. Your ideas are most welcome 🙂

The links are brilliant thanks guys. I try to do an open tank “Amazon style” biotope from my 100 L tank will do a journal for it. I will try to do it "Walstad method" style low tech. Definitely I will take some inspiration (or simply just nick some ideas) from Big Tom and Alastair, but more in the journal 🙂

Ps.: forgive my English but is “rooting” the right word at all?
 
BigTom said:
The only one of those I've tried myself was parlour palm and it didn't do so well. Survived for ages but gradually died off a stem at a time over the course of a year.

Rooting seems like a perfectly good verb to me!

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Hey tom ive still got that bit of your parlour palm you sent me Its now planted up in soil and growing well 😀

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Dieffenbachia is defenitely poisonous - I've worked with'em professionally 🙁....... the sap (juice) is quite bad!
Chamaedorea palms generally accept wet soil - but I doubt they'll survive sitting in just water.
A lot of the lianas and other climbers (especially philodendrons ) will do quite well, being grown this hydro-culture-way.
( I've worked, doing the vegetation at a tropical zoo, some years ago 😉)
Mick.
 
Hydrocotyle leucocephala is a nice plant to grow emersed out of the top of the tank too. It's a nitrate hog though.
 
sorry but got interrupted (relatives visiting) will post second picture with the rest of the cuttings in rooting process:
-Parlour palm, Chamaedorea Elegans
-Dumb Cane, Dieffenbachia
-Chain of hearts
-Devils ivy
if i wrote something wrong please correct
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Mick thanks for the info. I might consider to get rid of the Dieffenbachia then completely.
The Hydrocotyle leucocephala is a cool looking little plant. Might get some in future 🙂

( finally Mick how did you work in a zoo man my dream job.... can you pull some strings? 😵 )
 
I ordered some hanging planters from Devin from ripariumsupply.com and he was very kind sending me a list of plants that grow well in aquarium. He is very helpful and will go out of his way. I asked for species that will do well in aquarium with not too much humidity so they can grow outside and here is the list he gave me to try.

  • Spathiphyllum peace lily - very easy to grow, houseplant
  • Anthurium - houseplant
  • Echinodorus cordiolius & E. cordifolius 'Tropica Marble Queen' - emersed grown, aquariumplant
  • dwarf Cyperus umbrella sedge - pond plant
  • Hygrophila salicifolia, and other Hygrophila sp. - emersed grown, aquarium plant
  • Bacopa monnieri - emersed grown, aquarium plant
  • Pilea aluminum plant - houseplant
  • Pilea 'Moon Valley' - houseplant
  • Alternanthera - aquarium plant, houseplant
  • Fittonia nerve plant - houseplant
 
Dracaena does well too (lucky bamboo). I'd be wary of planting Cyperus alternifolius or similar in the aquarium substrate. It tends to spread laterally quite quickly once established and has quite a heavy root system; it could end up being a real nuisance. Kept in a pot, however, I can't see any issue.
 
These are mine at the moment but just recently planted. A Calathea corona and spathiphyllum lily. I also planted hydrophila corymbosa with just the roots in the water as it was already growing emmersed in another tank but I am yet to see how it will go, just two small leaves so far.

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And another peace lily and hydrophila corymbosa I am trying emmersed as it normally keeps trying to grow outside the surface in all my tanks. It's got two new small leaves so hopefully it will adapt to drier conditions but it may need more humidity.

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