(UK) Does anyone know of any places that sell Myriophyllum roraima?

[MattW]

I've been looking at getting this plant for a few days but the only place I can find UK-based is Etsy at £10 for 3 stems + shipping!!
I've looked at AE, Proshrimp, and Horizon Aquatics and no luck I have seen posts on Reddit claiming it to be a rarer plant but those posts were from 5 years ago so I assumed it was not as rare as it used to be?

TIA

 

[GaryE]

You might be able to find it in tissue cultures. I've started slowly adding new plants, mainly Cryptocorynes, and may be the last aquarist to discover the wonder of getting 4 rare plants for a decent price in the cultures section of good aquarium stores. I don't know if they are a seller in British stores, but over here, I have seen and not paid attention to a number of Myriophyllum species. We've had trouble with Myriophyllum invasives, and they are no longer popular, but this seems to be their comeback.

 

[MattW]

Tissue cultures have always been a go to for me. I recently got some Schismatoglottis prietoi in a tissue culture pot. Got 8 plants from it, hoping to grow some of them out and sell them on.
I wonder if it’s the same case in UK being invasive?
It’s a shame it looks like a really nice plant under decent lighting. Perhaps I’ll have to get the Etsy one if I can’t find anything else online.
Thanks

 

[GaryE]

We have a native member of the Genus, M.sibericum, but invasive M spicatum is a serious issue here. It's now generally considered it got here in the19th century in ship ballast, but there was a period when aquarists were accused of spreading this environmentally noxious plant. I wouldn't put it past us, but I don't think we're the problem. That said, a lot of stores won't touch any species in the Genus. I was actually surprised to see the tissue cultures, even though they were exotic species of Myriophyllum, not spicatum.

 

[MattW]

Myriophyllum mattogrossense is sold widely in England from what I've seen, My 3 LFS all stock it, and the majority of online sellers too. It's weird how other genus aren't sold though. It probably is invasive issues and effects that are to blame. Thanks for the insight

 

[MattW]

Forgot to mention I've messaged MD Fishtanks to see where he got his from since he's used some in a recent aquascape for his malawi cichlids hopefully can get a response