Scott or Karen, Do you have any Pellia to spare ?. I live in NJ so Scott generosity would probably work better since he is from NJ too but I take whats available. Thanks. Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> To: <aga-member@thekrib.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [AGA Member] Pellia > Indeed it does. > > Perhaps it naturally grows in very shallow water. Sinking > would let it hold in place and stay damp if the water > movement is mild -- if water movement speeds up, tearing > easily might help it spread to some calmer spot down wind > or downstream. > > Scott H. > --- Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. 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