Alex Kawazaki Posted March 20, 2010 Report Share Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) Summer with record heat here in Sao Paulo / Brazil, and tanks in Aldrovanda with new flowers opening daily. Among the emerging flower buds of the flowering stem from 4 to 7 days, the tiny, delicate flower with the petals remains fully open for only 1 hour. In the days following the pedicel longer be bent and bud is submerged. Edited March 21, 2010 by Alex Kawazaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 That's quite an amazing accomplishment! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Rivadavia Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Wow, congratulations for the plants and beautiful pics Alex!! :) Fernando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Excellent photo's of a rarely seen event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexa Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Stunning pics, well done. A very beautiful plant!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan P Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Wow Gorgeous Plant Never seen an aldrovanda flower before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Great shots Alex! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuuagso Posted March 31, 2010 Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 Spectacular! this is a very rare event, thanks for share it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kawazaki Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Thanks for the words of encouragement! Here, in my tanks, flowering Aldrovanda, there has been a rare event. Since 2002, when I received the first turions happened 6 summers with flowering (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010). This year the number of flowers was amazing, to nearly 40 flower buds in my small aquarium of 27 liters (30x30x30cm). I believe a major reason was very strong heat did here this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuuagso Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Wow, I guess your weather is perfect to grow them. Could you show pictures of the aquarium with all the flowers to us? It would be very interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kawazaki Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi Claudio, I will provide a photo of the aquarium, but remember that almost 40 flowers bloomed from October 2009 until today (autumn here already has begun and still has another bud is developing). Almost every week there were 1 to 3 flowers opening in the tank. Flowers open simultaneously occurred only 2 times. Once in January and now again in early April. The flowers remain open a few hours and already the next day, are bent back into the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 (edited) That's great Alex! It should be noted that your growing conditions are south of the Equator! I should also mention that the red forms are far more easily brought to flower than the green forms for some strange reason. Yet, for me, they (the green forms) flower profusely ONLY after they have a very warm spell BEFORE June 21 (Summer Solstice), whereby they experience at least 14 days of water temps that are at least 30oC (90oF), and then, they will flower during the first two weeks of July, perhaps longer depending on the prey availability and the abundance of food. - Rich Edited April 7, 2010 by rsivertsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Kawazaki Posted May 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 (edited) Hi Claudio, I'm sorry for the delay but I was traveling for work ... I made some photos of the small aquarium where I keep some of Aldrovanda. The tank where the bloom occurred... Last week, when I made the photo even had the last two flowers closing ... Edited May 3, 2010 by Alex Kawazaki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudo klasovity Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 (edited) Wow! First time I see aldrovanda blooming in cultivation! Great job, you certainly know how to please them right!:-) Thank you for sharing these amazing pictures. Edited May 4, 2010 by dudo klasovity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Very nice setup, do you blow them CO2 for better growth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Allan Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 Exceptional Aldrovanda. I love the bright red plants. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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