My planted aquaria are all long gone but most of my aquarium plants are now planted emersed in my garden. I found my Cryptocoryne usteriana in flower. This is an aroid native to Guimaras, growing very long leaves when submersed in water. But since I have them cultivated in small pots, specimens have compact leaves, much shorter compared to in situ plants. I have to be reminded to repot them, to allow them to grow bigger.The Philippines is blessed with a very high biodiversity, including the plants living in its remaining forest cover. Trees alone comprise about 3500 species. Just to research on a species a day would take about 10 years to finish all of just the trees. Then there are still the shrubs, herbs, ferns etc. Through this blog we hope to introduce you to some important plants in the forest before they completely disappear because of habitat destruction.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Dwarfed Native Aquarium Remnant
My planted aquaria are all long gone but most of my aquarium plants are now planted emersed in my garden. I found my Cryptocoryne usteriana in flower. This is an aroid native to Guimaras, growing very long leaves when submersed in water. But since I have them cultivated in small pots, specimens have compact leaves, much shorter compared to in situ plants. I have to be reminded to repot them, to allow them to grow bigger.
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