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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