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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V1 #293
Subject: Babys Tears
Joanne,
> > It grows wild in Florida, and is shown on the Florida University video t
> > of aquatic plants. It is also known as "Babys Tears" and grows both eme
> > and submerged. Funny thing is that I have had the emersed form (from th
> > grocery store florist department) growing in my Paludarium for years. I
> > noticed that the parts that strayed underwater seemed perfectly happy, b
> > never made the connection until I saw the tape. Just assumed they were
> > different plants with the same common name!<g>
> >
> > Karen
> Karen,
>
> There is another housplant by the common name Baby's Tears (Soleirolia
> soleirolli) but I'm pretty sure it is not the same stuff as in the
> aquarium books - unless it grows a much thicker stem & leaves underwater.
> This stuff would also do great in a Paludarium I think since it loves
> to be kept moist & misted (I grow it in terrariums) but I don't know
> how it would go completely wet. I could not find any Hemianthus or
> Micranthemum species in my housplant books :-(. Please let me know
> if you think this is the same or a different plant.
I don't know for sure. I don't know that much about house plants in
general. I do know that the tapes say that the plant grows both emersed and
submerged, and at least on the tape (which is not _very_ close up) it looks
to be the same plant I have.
Karen