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Re: [AGA Member] Pellia
That's true. Anyone interested in writing about the collective experiences
with Pellia?<g>
Karen
Karen A. Randall
krandall@rdrcpa.biz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Olson" <kathy@thekrib.com>
To: <aga-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Pellia
> 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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