One day i received a nice Schismatoglottis "Pikachu".
And well... I could not keep it alive underwater, but I kept its leaf. I close it in a zip-bag with a small amount of water. So it turned out that after a few months it grew a new seedling on the leaf.
Seedling produced its roots and now it seems to grow very nice. Seedling appeared around the main vein of the mature leaf. I want to say also that this is a second seedling on that same leaf already (first seedling accidentally dried up). Thanks to Heiko i read more information about this phenomenon and now I know that this is vivapirity process, already known so far in only one variety of Bucephalandra: Sorditula (trade name: Wave Leaf, Green Wave), and in some Schismatoglottis species: (Gui, Hayi). Probably the reason is high humidity, and was not observed any damage of the leaf. I think that those who keep Bucephalandra in paludariums should notice a similar process, but why not try it with other varieties? Maybe there's more varietes than we suspect.
After i public it on my FB site I received photo from one polish aquarist. He showed me "Green Wave" leaf with two, young seedlings. His photo:
Photo from November 2015:
Photo from January 2016
He bought it under that name "Green Wave" but I am not sure if it was emersed or submerged plant.
I suppose it could be a emersed version and after immersion in water it released such seedlings.
I would urge you to take a pair of scissors, cut leaf and test your variety
And well... I could not keep it alive underwater, but I kept its leaf. I close it in a zip-bag with a small amount of water. So it turned out that after a few months it grew a new seedling on the leaf.
Seedling produced its roots and now it seems to grow very nice. Seedling appeared around the main vein of the mature leaf. I want to say also that this is a second seedling on that same leaf already (first seedling accidentally dried up). Thanks to Heiko i read more information about this phenomenon and now I know that this is vivapirity process, already known so far in only one variety of Bucephalandra: Sorditula (trade name: Wave Leaf, Green Wave), and in some Schismatoglottis species: (Gui, Hayi). Probably the reason is high humidity, and was not observed any damage of the leaf. I think that those who keep Bucephalandra in paludariums should notice a similar process, but why not try it with other varieties? Maybe there's more varietes than we suspect.
After i public it on my FB site I received photo from one polish aquarist. He showed me "Green Wave" leaf with two, young seedlings. His photo:
Photo from November 2015:
Photo from January 2016
He bought it under that name "Green Wave" but I am not sure if it was emersed or submerged plant.
I suppose it could be a emersed version and after immersion in water it released such seedlings.
I would urge you to take a pair of scissors, cut leaf and test your variety
