Re: [AGA-Member] Echinodorus Ozelot Propogation?

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

Where a flower blossomed you should find a plantlet, so you
might find one, or more likely several, at each node. Once
you remove a plantlet, it won't be replaced since another
blossom won't be generated at that node. Or so has been my
experience.

Scott H.

--- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com> wrote:

> That's great, Kristen. You must be doing something right.
> :-)
> 
> But unless you are trying to sell them and want to fetch
> a nice price, I 
> wouldn't bother growing them emersed in peat. I would
> just mail them to 
> my friends as babies once they have developed some nice
> roots and 
> several leaves.
> 
> I always just cut the stalk off. If it wants to grow
> another one it 
> will, and you'll be amazed at how fast.
> 
> I have never tried getting more plantlets off the same
> stalk, does that 
> work? Or is it spent? Anyone?
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> 
> 
> Kirsten Klinghammer wrote:
> > I have a beautiful Echinodorus Ozelot which has been
> putting out flower
> > stalks.  Although the plant is in a covered 38 gallon
> aquarium and couldn't
> > grow much above the water surface, I thought I would
> see what would happen
> > if I left the flower stalks be.  Much to my
> [inexperienced] surprise, small
> > plantlets have been growing from the flowering nodes! 
> They look lovely in
> > the tank, but it's getting to the point that they need
> to be moved out so
> > that other plants will get enough light.  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > How can I best support the growth of the Ozelot
> plantlets?  My thought at
> > the moment is to cut off the flower stalk below the
> last plantlet (maybe
> > it'll keep producing more?), then move the plantlets
> into a paludarium for
> > mostly-emersed growth.  The paludarium isn't set up
> yet, but it will be
> > outside on the deck under shade, and I expect a
> temperature range in the
> > tank to go between 68-100 degrees Fahrenheit (likely
> daily) during the time
> > I plan to have it set up this summer (here in sunny,
> hot, Northern
> > California).  I'm hoping the temperature range will be
> okay, as I don't have
> > any other good place to put these plants. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > When I move the plants, should I plant them in soil,
> peat pots, fluorite,
> > gravel, sand, or some version of rock wool and plastic
> mesh pots?  I have
> > friends who are interested in some of these young
> Ozelots once they get
> > established, so I want to be sure that they will
> transplant easily.  Also,
> > should I let them grow connected for a while longer
> after moving them (there
> > are four or so plantlets per stalk), or should I cut
> them apart when I move
> > them?  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I've been trying to look through the archives, my
> planted aquaria books and
> > magazines, and on the internet to find more
> information, but I haven't found
> > what I'm looking for.  I would welcome your comments.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thank you!
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Kirsten
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > ****
> > 
> > Kirsten Klinghammer
> > 
> > Rescue, California, USA
> > 
> >  
> > 
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