Tiger Lotus flower

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Wait... what? Did you photoshop that on there? What??? What is that? Whaaaaaatttt!!!!!???!?!?

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?????

MRTom wrote:Wait... what? Did you photoshop that on there? What??? What is that? Whaaaaaatttt!!!!!???!?!?

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?????

Pretteeee ffllowwwer   


A big straw like tube has shot out of the middle of my Tiger Lotus and flowered Tom. NeatO, hu?!

Can you see the thread on the left side diagonal to the bottom left? I had to rope the stem and pull it over so it would clear the tank support .

That has to be one of the coolest planted tank ive ever seen! What a beautiful Flower!

Side note: I was scrolling through your pics and saw you also have a south american bumblebee catfish, They are so cool when you can actually find them haha

Killybeys wrote:That has to be one of the coolest planted tank ive ever seen! What a beautiful Flower!

Side note: I was scrolling through your pics and saw you also have a south american bumblebee catfish, They are so cool when you can actually find them haha

Thanks Killbeys! 

The bubble bee cat does hide all the time but he has a feeding routine which involves him coming out of his hole and forage under the Tiger Lotus. I then get to see him for just a brief moment.

fishNAbowl wrote:

Killybeys wrote:That has to be one of the coolest planted tank ive ever seen! What a beautiful Flower!

Side note: I was scrolling through your pics and saw you also have a south american bumblebee catfish, They are so cool when you can actually find them haha

Thanks Killbeys! 

The bubble bee cat does hide all the time but he has a feeding routine which involves him coming out of his hole and forage under the Tiger Lotus. I then get to see him for just a brief moment.

It makes it more cool when you do eventually see him! i had 2 and i didnt see them for weeks. When i finally found them they had grown at least half an inch it was crazy how sneak they are haha

Wow, so that flower is, what? 10 inches wide?

MRTom wrote:Wow, so that flower is, what? 10 inches wide?

You know, I thought that very same thing when I was researching photos on the internet before the plant bloomed. The pictures made it seem the flowers where 4-6 inches in diameter. And they very well may get that big but this flower is maybe 3" in diameter. Same size roundness as a silver dollar maybe.


P.S. I pressed the +1 on accident , lol. Darn mobile, the quote and + button are super close together....

Looks are very deceiving, still, a 3 inch flower in a tank is huge!

And lol on the +1 I'll take a vote any way I can!

That's amazing! I've never actually known anyone who was able to get their tiger lotus to flower (in a fishtank, no less!) Congrats, Chad!! What beautiful growth, too!

Breathtaking! Wow Wow Wow

 - Thanks guys! 

Nice job!    How long will the flower last?

Betty wrote:Nice job!    How long will the flower last?

1st lotus flower for me Betty, I'll update this thread when the flower stars withering.

Very nice.

hobbyorobsession wrote:Very nice.

  - Thanks!! 

props to you, I tried to grow a tiger lotus...failed miserably lol

jrmakawoody wrote:props to you, I tried to grow a tiger lotus...failed miserably lol

If only you knew the back story to this plant. The original bulb this plant started from is now 5 years old. Before this huge plant became what it is, it has grown a bit, melted, over and over for the past 5 years. The original bulb just rolls around my tank periodically sprouting (every few months). So I say, dont let die off stop you from trying again if you really want it

I will try again someday...I have been considering starting fresh in my 20 gallon tall. Maybe I will try a tiger lotus as the centerpiece.

Wow, another bloom. Guess who like Finnex LED's? Tiger Lotus plant now takes up about a 3rd of the floor space in my 7' tank.
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Congrats!!! How long did the last flower last for? Is it still going?

The other flower lasted about 2 weeks before the center of the flower started drying up. I finally clipped off the stem about half way and let the rest of the stem deteriorate in the water. This time I may collect pollen to experiment with the NEXT flower. If you pollinate a fruit flower, it fruits. If you pollinate a flower, it seeds, and or propagates in another way.... Right? Or, if I collect pollen from a purple or red flower from outside and put it on a white lotus flower, would the next flower be a hybrid color morph?

Or am I putting to much thought into this? LOL!

You should read up on Gregor Mendels experiments with pea plants.

Thanks KaraWolf I'll mess around with it see what happens. This plant is starting to get a bunch of babies under the main plant. Some with bulbs attached.


I'll check it out jrmakawoody. Always can use some good reading b4 bed!