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Re: Aponogeton ulvaceous
Paul writes:
> Are Aponogeton's seasonal plants? Do they drop leaves and become dormant
> at some point during the year? I thought that I read this somewhere. I
> looked it up on Tropica's site but it did not mention this. I have one
> that is really beautiful, especially when the O2 bubbles form along its
> "corkscrew" shaped leaves. I would like to get more but figured it might be
> rude to find half the tank gone some morning. Are there any of the
> available aquatic plants that die back seasonally?
If you allow it to send out several blooms, it will die back for a few months
afterward. It also seems to take more than one plant to get flowers to
fertilize.
Bob Dixon