Plants Habitats

Hello everyone, and happy new year to everyone of you!

I'd like to show you some pictures I took of plants in their natural environments. Keep in mind that all plants that I share are all native to Thailand.

1. Selaginella willdenowii

2. Bolbitis heteroclita

3. The karst spring - home to Cryptocoryne cordata var. siamensis and the endemic Betta simplex.

To be continued…

Hey, Barry, haven't seen you around here for a while. I LOVE seeing stuff like this. That Bolbitis as a land plant! Interesting!

WhistlingBadger said:

Hey, Barry, haven't seen you around here for a while. I LOVE seeing stuff like this. That Bolbitis as a land plant! Interesting!

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Hey, nice to see you again
I’ll tag @Colin_T in and Is @Wills still here?
Most plants in aquarium hobby are amphibious which means they have “emersed” (terrestrial) and “submersed” form which sometime looks completely different from eachother.
Here are some more photos.

Cryptocoryne ciliata var. ciliata

Nepenthes mirabilis

@Colin_T Hello, just saw you’re online

Hydrocharis dubia

Cyperaceae sp.


Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae - In this picture the Cabomba is an invasive species.

Barry Tetra said:

Hydrocharis dubiaView attachment 334025

Cyperaceae sp.
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Cryptocoryne crispatula var. balansae - In this picture the Cabomba is an invasive species.View attachment 334027

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I see some Cabomba in that last pic.

connorlindeman said:

I see some Cabomba in that last pic.

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Yeah, apparently an invasive species.

Barry Tetra said:

Yeah, apparently an invasive species.

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There's a lake near me that's completely taken over by Cabomba in the summer.
Another one is taken over by parrot feather.
Its crazy how long the stems get in the the wild.

Hi Barry,
sorry for not posting before now. I'm tired and not feeling well.

how have you been?
how is your family and pet ducks?
how is your plant farm going?

Your photography is good and you have some nice pictures, well done
I like the boat moored beside the palms, the colours are good and it tells a story. If there was a person in it fishing or doing something it would be even better but it's still a nice shot.

The peacock fern (Selaginella willdenowii) is lovely. I had never heard of it until you posted a picture and I looked online but it's not allowed into WA I'm not sure why, it presumably needs moisture and we are a desert state so it's unlikely to become invasive, and even if it did, it's a lovely plant and would look nice near under a tree by a creek.

The Karst Spring, what causes the water to be blue like that?

Pontederia hastata, the inside of the flowers is interesting, a tight spiral instead of individual stems that are straight. Again we can't get them here but they look nice and interesting.

Hi Colin

I’ve been studying a business subject in the university, and been doing surprisingly decent. At first I thought I’m going to get many F. My family is just about the same. Many ducks were killed by some dogs.
My plant collections have been growing. I now have around a hundreds. I’m currently trying to collect as many native plants as possible especially from Alismataceae and the popular Araceae family.

Colin_T said:

The peacock fern (Selaginella willdenowii) is lovely.

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There are many other Selaginella that are native to Australia, some are endemic species. Take a look at these Inaturalist observations.

Colin_T said:

The Karst Spring, what causes the water to be blue like that?

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Probably because of the dissolved limestone. Also there is this this karst spring I would like to visit one day in Bonito, Mato Grosso do sul, Brazil called Rio Sucuri https://www.google.co.th/search?cli...wGHRAVB4IQ0pQJegQIFBAB&biw=1024&bih=662&dpr=2 which features giant Echinodorus and Pontederia. This video was filmed by Tai Streitman, the author of upcoming “Aquatic Habitats” Book

Colin_T said:

Pontederia hastata, the inside of the flowers is interesting, a tight spiral instead of individual stems that are straight. Again we can't get them here but they look nice and interesting.

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A member from the same genus, Pontederia vaginalis is native to WA. Since it’s native here too, today I’m on a quest to find it for my aquarium.

More pictures…

Alocasia hypoleuca

Cryptocoryne ciliata var. ciliata in mangrove forest


Leptochilus pteropus (syn. Microsorum pteropus)

Colocasia esculenta - This plant grow in most waterways, canal, ditches, rivers and wetlands.

I have tried a few Colocasias down here but they die as soon as the weather cools down in autumn. Really disappointing because they are lovely plants.

Colin_T said:

I have tried a few Colocasias down here but they die as soon as the weather cools down in autumn. Really disappointing because they are lovely plants.

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I live in a place with tropical climate and hot all year round and never experiences something like this, but I think in the regions with colder climate, you’ll have to store the corms in warm container and start over when the outside is warmer.