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poel_19
10-13-2007, 10:02 AM
Who has them?? What type of upkeep do you do?? I have one, and am thinking of trimming or cutting to spread around other than having a dense mess. How would I go about doing it properly???
AndrewH
10-15-2007, 03:43 PM
Do you know the scientific name? That'd help us ID it and give proper advice (at picture might work, too).
poel_19
10-15-2007, 04:04 PM
andrew you got a cam phone?? i can send a pic to your phone
AndrewH
10-15-2007, 04:07 PM
Yeah, send it and I'll post on this thread for ya.
poel_19
10-15-2007, 04:21 PM
alright give me a sec
poel_19
10-15-2007, 04:37 PM
my phone is being a PITA!!!!
AndrewH
10-15-2007, 06:09 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/Andrew_H/fishy/Plants/50cid_204.jpg
poel_19
10-15-2007, 06:11 PM
wow!! I do take really good pics!!
AndrewH
10-15-2007, 06:17 PM
It appears to be either a Banana Plant (http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=177) or a Lotus (http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_viewer.php?id=104). (I'm leaning towards Lotus)

Has it ever flowered?
poel_19
10-15-2007, 06:21 PM
definatly not banana, lotus probably, not flowered yet, but I do wanna split this for a few people andrew your included in that.
poel_19
10-15-2007, 06:27 PM
looks like the tiger lotus in the third pic...not that much red in it yet. but when in the water looks super red
AndrewH
10-15-2007, 06:28 PM
:D sweet!!!

From what I'm reading it propagates through runners. The "mother" plan will send runners under the substrate. The runners will start to form their own root system and then can be "detached" from the mother to form their own plant.

fishman76092 has some and can probably help with the ID and how to propagate correctly.
AndrewH
10-15-2007, 06:30 PM
Propagate Lotus (http://mas-wi.com/haparticles/cultivating_and_propagating_the_.htm)

This link says by runner or seed.
poel_19
10-15-2007, 06:36 PM
you think thats a good enough pic to use to identify it?? Fishman save the day!!!!
fishman76092
10-15-2007, 08:48 PM
Without seeing the lower portion of the plant Im going to say Lotus. Could also be Spatterdock-Nuphar japonica (outside chance)
poel_19
10-15-2007, 09:07 PM
what part of the bottom would you like to see?
kewlkatdady
10-18-2007, 11:19 AM
what part of my bottom would you like to see?


"You know how I know you're ghey"?
AndrewH
10-18-2007, 03:23 PM
That is so wrong, but funny as heck!!! :rofl:
poel_19
10-18-2007, 03:58 PM
umm... I like Coldplay??? lol!! classic!!
bra8ndy8
10-18-2007, 09:10 PM
lmao!!!! ohh that was funny!!!