Re: [AGA Member] Pellia

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

Karen,
This sounds like it could be a great artilce in TAG!!!

Kathy


On Tue, 6 May 2003, Karen Randall wrote:

> Claus tells me that it also grows happily emersed in damp conditions, which
> is why I tried propagating it on the windowsill.  That worked very nicely
> all winter, and shortly before NEC, I had 3 containers nice and thick with
> it.  The trouble is that as soon as the sun started heating up, I cooked it.
> By a few days before NEC, I had 3 containers of green goo.
> 
> Interestingly, being lazy, I never cleaned the green goo out of the
> containers, though I did move them out of the window.  Two of the containers
> had Flourite in them, the third had soil capped with fine gravel.  The soil
> container STILL is full of green goo... in both of the Flourite containers,
> the Pellia has made a come-back.
> 
> Karen
> 
> Karen A. Randall
> krandall@rdrcpa.biz
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>
> To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 9:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Pellia
> 
> 
> > Indeed, it's near bouyancy doesn't make it a lot easier to
> > emplace.  In fact, I think a few of us lost track of ours
> > when we underestimated the requisite containment.  Still,
> > it's an interesting property; most plants, excepting algae,
> > float if you break them from the tyrannical bonds of the
> > substrate.
> >
> > I'm curious how this ersatz mobility effects the plant in
> > its natural environs.  It seems to tear easily, so I'd
> > suspect that a moderately large clump would tend to break
> > off under current if the clump was anchored or snagged.  It
> > doesn't use roots yet it tends to reside at the bottom of
> > whatever water body it's in?
> >
> > Scott H.
> >
> > --- Ben B <benrx@naxs.net> wrote:
> > > It sinks, but it is not heavy, so any small current will
> > > wash it around your tank.  I still have to have mine tied
> > > down.
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: S. Hieber
> > >   To: aga-member@thekrib.com
> > >   Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 8:39 AM
> > >   Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Pellia
> > >
> > >
> > >   I like the fact that it sinks.
> > >
> > >   Scott H.
> > >   --- Ben B <benrx@naxs.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >   > I'm not sure what the mystique is about it though.
> > > It's
> > >   > just a little green plant.
> > >
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