Re:Rotala leaves

To: "aquatic-plants at actwin_com" <aquatic-plants%actwin.com at f40_n480.z2.fidonet.org>
Subject: Re:Rotala leaves
From: Plants FIDO-Gate <Plants.FIDO-Gate at f78_n480.z2.fidonet.org>
Date: Fri, 10 May 96 05:42:28 +0200

Received: from looney.actwin.com (looney.actwin.com [198.252.206.10]) by
hq.pm.waw.pl (8.7.4) with SMTP id XAA21451 for
<Plants.FIDO-Gate at f78_n480.z2.fidonet.org>; Thu, 9 May 1996 23:29:26 +0200
Received: (from daemon@localhost) by looney.actwin.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) id
RAA16858 for aquatic-plants-outgoing; Thu, 9 May 1996 17:29:43 -0400
Received: from felix (root at felix_teclink.net [205.229.32.2]) by
looney.actwin.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id RAA16833 for
<Aquatic-Plants at ActWin_com>; Thu, 9 May 1996 17:29:39 -0400
Received: from [205.229.41.130] by felix (5.x/SMI-SVR4)
	id AA22534; Thu, 9 May 1996 16:29:22 -0500
To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
From: krombhol at felix_TECLink.Net (Paul Krombholz)
Reply-To: aquatic-plants at actwin_com


>From: "Clayton L. Workman" <cworkman at quapaw_astate.edu>
>Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 00:39:49 -0500 (CDT)
>Subject: Rotala Leaves

...........<snipped>..............
>The plant had small roundish leaves when I got it.  It still has those
>same leaves, but the new leaves (which are many) that have grown as the
>plant has grown since I've had it are long, slender leaves - nothing like
>the leaves that were grown on it already.
>
>Can anybody tell me why this is happening?  I really like the original
>leaves a little better and the plant looks funny with the two different
>kinds.  (Yes, the whole plant is under water.)

The plant that you got was grown emersed (in the air), and now your are
growing it submersed.  You probably have R. rotundifolia or indica.  In
both these species the aerial leaves are a lot rounder than the submerged
leaves.

Paul Krombholz                  Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS  39174
  In already humid Mississippi