Re: [Aroid-l] Aquatic aroids

From: <ju-bo at msn.com> on 2009.01.20 at 10:20:58 Dear All=2C At =3B least one species=2C (and probably several other species) of Spathiphyllum=2C S. cannifolium (which is an aroid of my EARLY childhood on Trinidad=2C W.I.) grows with its roots=2C rhizome and sometimes the lower part of its petioles in running water on the sides of streams. =3B It=2C and other Spaths=2C will NOT survive long with leaves completely underwater. Julius Date: Mon=2C 19 Jan 2009 15:42:17 -0600 From: Steve@exoticrainforest.com To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Aquatic aroids Almost all the SpathiphyllumI grow are in the house as house plants. =3B There are three in the atriumbut they don't appear to like all the water from the overhead mistingsystem and almost never produce an inflorescence. =3B It is my opinionthat is because all of these are hybrids (not species) and have beenbred to survive on minimal water and in low light. =3B But I thought forcertain I had read in some of Dr. Croat's material that Spathiphyllumdo in fact grow in water. =3B I asked him if the genus was a marginal. =3BThis is the note he just sent=2C "Steve: =3B If you mean by =93marginal=94that they are along the margins of streams=2C yes=2C but they also occurout in the depths of the understory=2C sometimes in full sun too=2Cespecially along wet banks. =3B The genus is a hog for water and probablywould not do well in really dry sites. Tom" Steve Lucas www.ExoticRainforest.com MarekArgent wrote: Hello=2C I don't recommend Spathiphyllum - it is not an aquatic plant although it is often sold in aquaristic shops. It usually dies after a few months spent in water. You can also sometimes find Syngonium=2C Epipremnum=2C Aglaonema=2C Alocasia=2C Dieffenbachia=2C Homalomena and Caladium sold as "water plants" - they are also not aquatic and they rot living underwater. Cyrtosperma is too large for your aquarium=2C it can grow half submerged - the roots in the water and the leaves above=2C then you should have installed additional lighting above the leaves. In your smaller aquarium I suggest you to create a paludarium - plants growing in wet peat with a fertilizer. This way you can cultivate many aroids=2C all these which require high humidity (Alocasia=2C Colocasia=2C many Anthuriums=2C Zantedeschia=2C Spathiphyllum) but not these which fall into dormancy (like Amorphophallus or Arisaema). A paludarium is also a better place for many Anubias species than an aquarium. You can have in any aquarium Lemna=2C Spirodela and Pistia but many fishes like to eat them. If it is not too hot you can try Calla palustris=2C Orontium aquaticum or Lysichitons but I don't guarantee a success. Improvise... Best=2C Marek Argent www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taylor Holzer" <=3Btaylorholzer@yahoo.com>=3B To: <=3Baroid-l@gizmoworks.com>=3B Sent: Sunday=2C January 18=2C 2009 8:05 AM Subject: [Aroid-l] Aquatic aroids I am an Taylor Holzer I am 14 I am an Aroid collector and i would like to add some aquatic aroids to my collection. i have a large aquarium 55 gallons with some fish. and a smaller one that is 10 gallons with nothing. i was thinking about adding Pistia stratiotes=2C spathiphyllum=2C and Cyrtosperma to my 55 gallon. in the 10 gallon i was thinking about adding anubias=2C and cryptocorynes. also i would like to have a typhonodorum could you keep them in just wet soil? are there any other aquatic aroids i could grow in my aquariums? any help would be appreciated! also if you have seeds for these plants i would appreciate them. i only currently have the spathiphyllum in the aquarium. _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l --_3c0e228f-97db-482a-8c68-2b16bd7d97ec_----===============2369926050333786866==

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