Nymphaea lotus

CaptainBarnicles · Oct 27, 2021

I had an accident

I decided to move my lotus to the other end of the tank where there's more light and swap it with a crypt that would do well in the 'shade'...I'm not in the habit of moving plants after I've planted them unless they would benefit which I believed they both would...I trimmed the roots of the lotus and made sure to be very careful replanting it because I know they're very delicate...but obviously I wasn't careful enough because it's tuber came away from the actual plant! Will it survive without it considering it has roots??

CaptainBarnicles · Oct 27, 2021

I've left the tuber in hoping it will sprout something

Byron · Oct 27, 2021

I'm going from memory here, a decade or so ago, but I seem to recall that one of my plants (Nymphaea lotus, red cultivar) lost its tuber and remained alive. Tuber or not, this plant will benefit from substrate tab fertilizer, such as Flourish Tabs. If the plant forms floating leaves, leaving these will encourage more and in time the floating red leaves are very effective and beautiful.

CaptainBarnicles · Oct 27, 2021

Byron said:
I'm going from memory here, a decade or so ago, but I seem to recall that one of my plants (Nymphaea lotus, red cultivar) lost its tuber and remained alive. Tuber or not, this plant will benefit from substrate tab fertilizer, such as Flourish Tabs. If the plant forms floating leaves, leaving these will encourage more and in time the floating red leaves are very effective and beautiful.

I'm so relieved to hear that! I'm using Flourish tabs too

thank you

Beastije · Oct 27, 2021

I can provide recent experience, i didn't do enough reading when I got my lotus, buried it in the substrate, had 6 leaves above. Read about how it should not be buried, dug it out, got the leaves separated from the bulb. The leaves let down roots, are growing, not that worse for wear, the bulb, now sitting at the substrate, is dripping new leaves. Too bad my snails like to eat them. Will take pictures