identifying mystery plants: can you help?

[LaClau]

I picked up a couple of plants yesterday, and I'm having second thoughts about one of them being an aquarium lily. The other one's a complete mystery to me.

The plant in the sand is supposed to be that aquarium lily, but it doesn't match any pictures I've found online.

If someone can ID these two plants, that'd be great.

Thanks,
Jordan

Edit: The bag with the rock is just to weigh down the wood until it's waterlogged.

[boomer]

The first photo appears to be an Echinodorus species, commonly known as Burhead or Amazon Swords. Given the leaf veins, rosette form, and what seems to be a rhizome in the substrate, it shares characteristics with Echinodorus. However, I must note that the taxonomy of this genus is often confusing, with numerous artificially cultivated varieties stemming from naturally occurring species that were likely misclassified to begin with. I recall having a similar plant that initially had leaves almost flat on the substrate, but it has since grown more vertically; unfortunately, I've lost track of the tag name.

As for the second plant, which seems to be the mass of runners on the wood branch, I'm not quite sure what it is. I've had little success with carpeting plants, which this might be, or something similar.

[earthie_9]

The carpeting plant bears a resemblance to dwarf baby tears, but I've seen some sevale plants that share a similar appearance from a distance. Would you be able to provide some closer shots of it?

Most carpeting plants I've come across require high lighting and a good quality liquid fertilizer to really thrive. Driftwood can work, but they generally do far better in finer substrates, where their roots can spread out more easily.

[LaClau]

The first photo appears to be an Echinodorus species, commonly known as Burhead or Amazon Swords. Given the leaf veins, rosette form, and what seems to be a rhizome in the substrate, it shares characteristics with Echinodorus. However, I must note that the taxonomy of this genus is often confusing, with numerous artificially cultivated varieties stemming from naturally occurring species that were likely misclassified to begin with. I recall having a similar plant that initially had leaves almost flat on the substrate, but it has since grown more vertically; unfortunately, I've lost track of the tag name.

As for the second plant, which seems to be the mass of runners on the wood branch, I'm not quite sure what it is. I've had little success with carpeting plants, which this might be, or something similar.

Not an Echinodorus species, that black thing sticking out is a bulb.

earthie_9 said:

The carpeting plant looks similar to dwarf baby tears, but there are seven-leaf plants that look like that from afar. Can you get some closer pictures of it?

Will add a few more pics in a minute.

[LaClau]

Just added more pics, lower lighting atm since I only turned on one of the 4 lights for the picture, and my 8 hour photo period is over for today.

[earthie_9]

I think the bigger one's a sword plant, the base of the plant can look like a bulb and the roots grow above it, often visible. The white roots, crown, and leaf shape are pretty typical of swords, give it some time and I'm pretty sure it'll start looking like one.

The carpeting one's probably dwarf baby tears, just google it and compare the pictures. It might be monte carlo, but I'm leaning towards DBT.

[LaClau]

The carpeting plant bears a resemblance to dwarf baby tears, but I've seen some sevale plants that share a similar appearance from a distance. Would you be able to provide some closer shots of it?

Most carpeting plants I've come across require high lighting and a good quality liquid fertilizer to really thrive. Driftwood can work, but they generally do far better in finer substrates, where their roots can spread out more easily.

I'll do a google image comparison in a bit. I have to respectfully disagree with you on the amazon sword, I'm certain the bottom is a bulb. I'll pull it out of the tank tomorrow and take a picture to show you guys. The closest match I found online is Aponogeton Natans - could that be the correct ID?

[LaClau]

I'm pretty sure the plant on the wood is DBT, the store staff said it doesn't need CO2 or super strong lighting to thrive.

[earthie_9]

My experience with DBT hasn't been great - it's barely scraping by without CO2. I had it in low-medium light and it was on its last legs. I managed to salvage a small clump and moved it to a high-light tank, where it's doing slightly better, but still not impressing me. The growth is just so slow.

As for the other plant, I'm reserving judgment for now. I've seen aponogetons with thin stems and leaf blades, so it's possible that's what you have. But I'm not convinced just yet.

[boomer]

I'm having second thoughts about my initial Echinodorus suggestion, but I'm still not entirely convinced it's wrong - the new photo has me questioning my earlier assessment. The upcoming photo of the "bulb" should help clarify things. There's another plant, often referred to as a "lily", that I think might be the one we're looking for, but I'm struggling to find any information on it - Kasselmann didn't turn up anything useful.