Anubias and Root Rot

From: ted.held at us.henkel.com on 2006.12.27 at 13:30:16(15025) Jani, Sorry for this delayed response. I am only on line here today due to time off from work (I am too much of a primitive to have e-mail from home). The Anubias I know are fully aquatic tolerant as far as roots go. They form a sort of creeping rhizome with tough, leathery roots that attach quite firmly to substrate and objects. Both the roots and rhizomes are perfectly happy submerged all the time. They will grow and thrive when covered with typical aquarium gravel or adapt to simply being submerged in the water without any substrate at all. I have not experimented with them with regard to leaf exposure to atmosphere except in those cases when the leaves emerge naturally above the water line. Perhaps they have leaf cuticles that can permit life in plain atmosphere as well as cuticles for submerged living, that don't need to resist evaporation as much. I can well imagine that leaves grown under water would shrivel if forced to live emergent. But I can also believe that newly formed leaves in the same situation would live in atmosphere without shrivelling. Of course, I'm sure they would not adapt to live in actually arid conditions since emergent life for them would still be pretty nearly 100% relative humidity in their native habitat. The flowers always attempt to become emergent in my experience. The inflorescence stalk will elongate as needed. Flowering is similar to Spaths when conditions are to their liking. That is to say, they flower pretty freely. I hope you are successful. Ted. +More "Agoston Janos" Sent by: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com 12/21/2006 02:08 PM Please respond to Discussion of aroids To "Discussion of aroids" cc Subject [Aroid-l] Re: Anubias Dear Ted, Thank you for the reply. I would like to know if I can keep Anubias in a normal way, not submerged. I saw, that if Anubias barteri flowered under the water, the inflorescence rottened, but when it reached the surface of the water it never rottened. Is this means that it flowers emerged? Unfortunately I gave my full aquarium to my cousin, but years ago I gave naftil acid (50%, in alcohol) to the water and Kemira 2. soluable fertilizer. That time Anubias has grown very good. You also not covering the rhizome with sand, do you? What do you do to avoid root rotting? Thank you again for your help. Bye, Jani ----- Original Message ----- To: Discussion of aroids Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] variegata aroids + a lots of questions + contacts Jani, The only aroid species I know very much about are Anubias and Cryptocoryne. These are definitely moisture-loving plants and would not appreciate dryness. There are many varieties of each and these vary in requirements. Many of the Anubias are large plants and can easily get too big for an aquarium. Just this past weekend I was visiting a friend with an Anubias with leaves easily half a meter high, with the leaf blades completely above the water line. The one well-behaved Anubias that can be kept neatly submerged in a typical aquarium is the one called Anubias barteri nana or just Anubias nana. This last species is also very tough and resists even plant-nibbling fish. In my tanks it reaches a maximum leaf length, including petiole, of about 20 cm. More typically it is half that. Its only drawback is that is grows slowly. But it is easy to grow and should be readily available from any aquarium club and many commercial stores. Cryptocoryne are generally more challenging; some may say a lot more challenging. While many will perform satisfactorily submerged in water, many require an "emerse" culture, meaning with their leaves above the water line and their roots wet. For a quick reference I recommend the site maintained by Jan Bastemeijer of the Netherlands. There is much information there. He may still be a member of this list. His site can be reached at: http://www.NationaalHerbarium.nl/Cryptocoryne/index.html. . Beyond that it would be well to make acquaintance of an aquatic plant fancier who lives near you. In fact, if you contact Jan he can probably put you in touch with one of the members of the European Crypt society. Good luck, Ted. "Agoston Janos" Sent by: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com 12/21/2006 10:39 AM Please respond to Discussion of aroids To "AROID-L" cc Subject [Aroid-l] variegata aroids + a lots of questions + contacts Dear All, Can somebody help me with variegated Araceae? Because I do not know how variegation starts. Are there some viruses or chemicals which can induce variegation? Can occure variegation by micropropagation? How often? The second question would be: How to take care of Anubias and Cryptocoryne. They are sold as aquatic plants, but my Anubias has grown out from the tank. Do they need a dry period or what? What are the requirements of Lysichitons. I have allready killed 5 pcs. Sorry for the many questions, but I still not received the Aroid book, and thank you for your help in advance! ----------------------------------------- I have new mail addresses. agoston.janos@citromail.hu viraghagymasz@davidnet.hu contact@hagymarium.hu - not too often checked, but weekly szaki@hagymarium.hu - - not too often checked, but weekly And you can call me on skype: skype:viraghagymasz?call Bye, Jani, Z5a_______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l_______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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