Author Topic: My Euryale ferox seedlings..There is a leaf.... will it rot also though???? (Read 2605 times)

tinkster · « **on:** June 22, 2010, 10:43:56 AM »

they arrived in exellent condition and were immediately potted up and put in shallow , fishless pond but today both of my seedlings have no leaves left. They have rotted off and I see no replacements.. Does this mean they are goners.. I am so heart broken how can they rot off like that almost overnight.

tink

Esther · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2010, 12:03:19 PM »

I know it is hard to get anything done with your fingers crossed but that is the only thing I can think of.

Desertponder · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2010, 12:37:04 PM »

Vicki had sent me one several years ago and it did the same thing. I think my water temps were just not consistently warm enough for it.

Vickie · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2010, 03:13:12 PM »

Dang wonder what happened. They were not wilted were they when you got them? I would leave them maybe they will come back from the root? Did you put them in anything to disinfect them by chance? I have had them shipped to me before from Marie yrs ago and I had no problem. And did both of them do this. Is it leaf melt?

tootsie · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2010, 04:09:15 PM »

Sorry to hear about your seedlings, Tink

Seems like you do so well growing everything

maryvonne · « **Reply #5 on:** June 22, 2010, 04:51:59 PM »

How sad! I would wait a bit just in case. You never know.

Maryvonne

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2010, 05:20:54 PM »

Tink, you didn't bend the stems and caused them to crimp?

Vickie · « **Reply #7 on:** June 22, 2010, 05:46:40 PM »

Scott is yours okay? Tink I will see if I have any left I just sent a lot of them off in the mail.

Marie Fisher · « **Reply #8 on:** June 22, 2010, 06:03:05 PM »

Tink -- Vickie I think Tink got the dreaded leaf melt, that we all get sometimes.
Eurayale ferox is lst cousin to longwood victoria. They get leaf melt if you look at
them wrong literally!!! I had 4 longwoods going in aquarium, hastae leaves, well, one
got leaf melt so I though uh huh, move to pond. Moved two, they got leaf melt, and
then looked at last one in aquarium. You guessed it, leaf melt!!! It may be just too
blasted hot for those young tender plants is another thought. Being as is eurayale,
I'd keep the pot Tink, it just MIGHT come back from root. That idea is worth trying.

I kept two eurayale, potted in same dirt, same pot, same pond. One has leaves size
of dessert plate, other has 2 leaves maybe size of top of coffee cup. Go figure!!!

The eurayales Vickie, Frank and I have have a convulted history. I was at a small
nursery in Ripley, Ms., little plants floating. Owner didn't know what they were. Said I'll
sell to you for $4.00. I'm nosy, said ok. As time went by, sent picture to Kit Knotts,
she immediately e mailed me back I had eurayale. And these are all descendants of that
$4.00 buy back in late 80's. How's that for provenance? At that time the plant I bought
still had the arrow shaped leaves, I bought "pig in poke" literally!!! There is absolutely
no mistaking what a eurayale is and what it looks like!! So these plants are most
definitely eurayales, I'd stake reputation on that!!!

Marie Fisher
Memphis (Where it is HOT)

tinkster · « **Reply #9 on:** June 22, 2010, 09:13:32 PM »

vicky.. no I didnt do anything but pot them and in the pond. I did feel the leaves a bunch when rwinn told me his has thorns. It looks just like all my other lilies do when the leaves/stems get old they die/root and then eventually sink. Thats what these did. Well see. the crowns are still there. If not maybe I should try seeds !

thanks all I am definately gonna keep till I am sure.

tink

RWinn · « **Reply #10 on:** June 23, 2010, 03:48:57 AM »

Sorry to hear that Tink :'( but on a side note mine seem to be doing well

Vickie · « **Reply #11 on:** June 23, 2010, 11:09:47 AM »

Good RW maybe it is a fluke that tink's got leaf melt.

tinkster · « **Reply #12 on:** June 23, 2010, 06:08:05 PM »

gonna take photo tomorrow.. am "almost" sure one has a new leaf coming from the crown

tink

Vickie · « **Reply #13 on:** June 23, 2010, 06:09:55 PM »

I hope so Tink. Fingers crossed here.

maryvonne · « **Reply #14 on:** June 23, 2010, 08:42:42 PM »

Keeping mine crossed too!

RWinn · « **Reply #15 on:** June 24, 2010, 03:25:31 AM »

me threeeeee

turtlemike · « **Reply #16 on:** June 24, 2010, 08:22:50 AM »

I lost one probably because I put them in alum water over night and didn't get around to planting them for a couple of days but the three that are left seem to be doing fine. When they get biger Tink you can have one of mine.

tinkster · « **Reply #17 on:** June 24, 2010, 10:15:53 AM »

oh thank you!!! I dont know if I told ya but shawn from here is wanting to come visit ya so I can get it then if this one dont make it.

tink

Vickie · « **Reply #18 on:** June 24, 2010, 12:08:52 PM »

tinkster · « **Reply #19 on:** June 24, 2010, 12:10:44 PM »

oh and it has thorns! You think mine isnt a sprout then maybe.. sure looks like a curled up new leaf to me.

tink

Vickie · « **Reply #20 on:** June 24, 2010, 12:16:32 PM »

Tink I think it is a sprout. Don't give up and don't touch it LOL. Best of luck. How about the second one?

PondmaninAL · « **Reply #21 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:55:37 PM »

Tink, it is a new leaf and stop touching them. It's a bad habit to get into. Sooner or later, it'll draw blood.