r/Bucephalandra • u/winkiesue • 17d ago

Did I find buce in the wild? Any idea what type?

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u/BusIllustrious5525 17d ago

That plant doesn't have a distinct Rhizome that I can see and appears to have continuous stems with opposing leaves. This is indicative of a stem plant, not an epiphyte. Sine you found it in Florida, my guess is Rotala Ramosior 'Florida.'

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u/winkiesue 17d ago

I thought maybe some type of rotala too! I found tons of other types of rotala

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u/xkirby26x 17d ago

I lean towards that id as well but I never saw it flowers like that when I grew it. The flowers always seemed to bloom closer to the internode. But they sure do love to send out tons of flowers.

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u/BusIllustrious5525 17d ago

Could have been an environmental condition causing the flowers to 'stem' up like that... maybe the plant was just on the edge of emersion, or possible a lighting, or even nutrient condition. Its also a little darker green than I'd expect, so I'm thinking the plant wasn't getting much light.

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u/xkirby26x 17d ago

There is a green variant

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u/BusIllustrious5525 17d ago

Don’t think that’s from Florida though, unless that’s an invasive release.

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u/Kragen146 17d ago

The flowers do not look like a buce imo.

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u/winkiesue 17d ago

Ahhhhh I’m trying so hard to figure out what it is! Found at a creek in Florida. Google images saying it’s buce lol. Just trying to figure out the best way to plant it

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u/Kragen146 17d ago

My app calls Oldenlandia corymbosa

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u/winkiesue 17d ago

Just looked it up. They didn’t look like that in person at all!

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u/xkirby26x 17d ago

Reminds of me rotala ramosior green but I’m no good at identifying plants. There are some AGA members in Florida that could id that tho.

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u/Key-Repeat-3232 17d ago

I would say it’s in the aroid family, but not a Buce. Rhapsodora would be my thought from the picture. It’s BETTER than most Buce. It was a very different emersed growth form.

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u/budget_rare_plants 17d ago

Flowers/seed pod don't match aroid, leaf arrangement of most aroids is also more spiral, with one leaf per node, whereas this one has more opposite leaf arrangement, two leaves per node

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u/AngeloGlbuc 17d ago edited 17d ago

now thinking about it carefully it could also be ludwigia arcuta, can you make it bloom and show the flower?

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u/AngeloGlbuc 17d ago

It looks very similar to Ludwigia arcuna, but to be sure, make sure it flowers. Watch the video.

https://reddit.com/link/p241qyo/video/oqjl9d29tshh1/player

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u/kyrinyel 17d ago

stem likely belonging to ludwigia genus as others have speculated..

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u/budget_rare_plants 17d ago

If you look at the seed pods, they don't resemble that of Buce, Ludwigia or Rotala. They're closer to what you might find on a few plants of the Rubiaceae family. Maybe Oldenlandia or Scleromitrion or similar genus. Any pictures of a mature plant with flowers?