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Old 02-06-2010, 01:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hey guys!

I was gazing long and deep into my 75 Thai biotope, inspecting my Java fern, when I noticed there is a tiny little stem growing out of thee base of it.

I can't tell what it is, there isn't enough of it to tell.

It looks like it could be a Hydrocotyle, a Cardamine? It looks even like it could be Bacopa crenata. I just don't know.

Any ideas?

I wonder, maybe I should gently try to extricate it and plant it in a bright spot and see what happens or should I let it alone?
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Kinda looks like Cardimine?
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If it is, I hope it's Lyrata.
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Most likely it is Nice plant to have around..
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I wonder, maybe I should gently try to extricate it and plant it in a bright spot and see what happens or should I let it alone?
Now, should I let it alone and let it do its thing, or should I try and ever so carefully transplant it to a bright spot in proper substrate?

It's just growing in the mass of the Java Fern's root on a piece of driftwood. Can't be too nutritious for a stem plant like that.

What to do? I'm almost tempted to leave it where it is if it decided to come up volunteer.
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It will grow like a weed in just about any environment. Good nitrate indicator for me when I had it for a while...
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