Wierd plant

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Can someone please explain this plant to me. As you can see in the 3 pics, it has 2 types of leaves on the same plant!! And no, it's not 2 different plants, I've taken one out to actually confirm that the 2 leaves are both coming from the same plant.

The single leaf (i.e looks like a normal plain old leaf) was how I got the plant. The plant was not sold completely submerged, but with only the roots in the water. (FFW sells ALL his plants this way!)As the plant has grown, the leaves have come out like the spider web type leaf.

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[A Bauer]

Bargain must have been a two for the price of one special. HAHAHA.

[Big G]

Someone else can correct me, but it looks like hygro difformis to me! Its leaves change according to light it gets and also whether its in or out the water! Cheers! G!

[Reafer]

hygrophilia defformis
One is the immersed growth and the other is emmersed growth

Lol bigG beat me to it :p

[Sean J]

Ja... The safest way to transport plants is to grow them emmersed. IE: Out of water. They survive longer in transit like this. That is the only difference in the growth.

There are some plants, like this hygro, that look COMPLETELY different in their emmersed and immersed forms.

[Freaksa]

Can someone please explain this plant to me. As you can see in the 3 pics, it has 2 types of leaves on the same plant!! And no, it's not 2 different plants, I've taken one out to actually confirm that the 2 leaves are both coming from the same plant.

The single leaf (i.e looks like a normal plain old leaf) was how I got the plant. The plant was not sold completely submerged, but with only the roots in the water. (FFW sells ALL his plants this way!)As the plant has grown, the leaves have come out like the spider web type leaf.







This plant grows like mad too? I have some and was wondering the same thing :) heh.

I actually took most of it out my tank yesterday as i didnt really go with my other plants.

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Yeah, it does grow very well... but it is directly under my light, receiving fertz through the water, as well as a tablet in it's roots... only thing short it the CO2 and it'll grow out the tank!

[Freaksa]

Yeah, it does grow very well... but it is directly under my light, receiving fertz through the water, as well as a tablet in it's roots... only thing short it the CO2 and it'll grow out the tank!

Mine was the same, peat / ferts and lotsa light! The roots went mad! So ive only left in one shoot for now and will see how that grows! Ive also just added CO2.