Help ID this plant!

A lotus type plant that I picked up last summer @ my LFS has finally grown to near it's former glory after a drastic melt. For the life of me I can not remember its common or scientific name.

Anyone wanna take a shot?
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isn't it the tiger lotus but the green variety?

I don't think so MorganEA. It wasn't sold as green tiger lotus and looks a bit different from photos on the Internet. These leaves are lighter green in color, red splotches, and speckled with a 3rd color that I would say is either a super dark red , almost burnt burgundy in color. If you zoOm in on the picture you should be able to see the 3rd color.
Green tiger lotus leaves seem to be a darker green with a single shade of red.

Nymphaea micrantha?

hobbyorobsession wrote:Nymphaea micrantha?

This is it. I forgot to mention that this plant propagates something like a fern. Where small plant-lets form in the middle of the leaf near the stem. I forgot about that. It's been a long time since this plant has been this large.

Like this...
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Thanks Daniel!

weird!!

Nice. Is that what I got from you last time at co-op

Sp Taiwan does the same thing.

*nymphoides sp Taiwan

Nymphaea micrantha propagates like that

SiRWesDragon wrote:Nice. Is that what I got from you last time at co-op

No. It was Red Tiger lotus I passed on to you Wes.

hobbyorobsession wrote:*nymphoides sp Taiwan

This stuff grows like a weed in my 140! I am still pulling out root babies months after the last plant has been removed...

MorganEA wrote:Nymphaea micrantha propagates like that

Yes, it's a very interesting plant. I picked up a big mother plant last summer. At the time of purchase it had a few on the leaves. As the mother plant melted these eventually drifted around the aquarium. I collected them and tried planting them near the location of the melted mother plant. It has taken a good 5 maybe 6 months to reach this size again. Growth really started taking off under the LED's I installed.

Tolmiea menziesii propagates like that as well (it's not an aquatic plant)

Nymphaea micrantha .... yes looks like it. I'll be waiting for the bloom on this one too   

cichlid-gal wrote:Nymphaea micrantha .... yes looks like it.  I'll be waiting for the bloom on this one too   

That would be awesome!