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Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V2 #17
>I just found a good looking plant I haven't seen before in my local store.
>It apparently came mixed in with a shipment of Java Fern and looks like it
>is related. It isn't in any of my books.
>
>It is a dark green with leaves of the same sort of texture as Java Fern.
>However the leaves grow on stiff, stand-up stalks are triangular shaped,
>toothed and have an "accordion-type" surface. It appears to have the same
>sort of roots as Java Fern and grows on a piece of wood. The fellow working
>in the store (who is quite knowledgable but doesn't know this plant) says
>that it reproduces like Java Fern -- off the leaves. It is however, also
>putting out growth from the base of the main stem as well.
>
>Can anyone tell me the name of this plant?
Is it perhaps Borneo Fern (Trichomanes javanicum) or Aqua Fern (Thichomanes
javanicum? I'm not sure what you mean by an "accordion-type" surface. I
tried growing Aqua Fern once but had no luck (in the same tank where Java
Fern grew well). Anyone with success care to share their experience?
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Shiao Y. Wang
Univ. of Southern Mississippi
sywang at whale_st.usm.edu