Plant noob, need ID

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  1. RamGeek

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    Hi just recently was given 3 plants. CAn anyone help ID them for me?

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    The top one looks like an amazon sword.

    I don’t recognize the other 2, sorry
     
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    Thanks @A new day

    So someone helped me ID them

    1. you were correct (mellon sword)
    2. Hemigraphis colorata ‘exotica’ (apparently not a aquatic plant)
    3. Ludwigia repens
     
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    Cool! Not convinced that no 3 is ludwigia repens.
     
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    He mentioned it might be a Lobelia Cardinalis but is leaning more towards L.repens
     
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    Cool, time will tell. Could be that it was grown emersed and will look different once transformed to the submersed state. Plants can also sometimes look very different depending on the light, ferts and CO2 given.

    It’s mostly the strong veining / indentation pattern on the leaves, but also the structure & nodes of the stem itself, that makes me think it’s not a Ludwigia.

    Anyone else? @Pezulu ?
     
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    I doubt that one is Ludwigia

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