Mad. Lace Leaf is blooming!?!

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• Subject: Mad. Lace Leaf is blooming!?!
• From: jwilson at mnw_net (Jon Wilson)
• Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 10:03:34 -0500

>From: tmarch at primenet_com (Todd March)
>Subject: HELP! Mad. Lace Leaf is blooming!?!

>I am hoping some of the Aponogeton experts here can tell me what all this
>means and what I should do, as I am at a total loss...? I assume that the
>plant is rather happy, but am wondering if blooming means the beginning of
>the end--the dormant period; I doubt this as the plant has all of the new
>leaves popping forth...?

>And what do I do with the flowers when they open? I have only ever had
>Aubias species bloom in my 4 month old tank. Do I need to pollinate them
>with a paintbrush? And what exactely does this--"pollinate"--mean? Just
>dust the flowers back and forth? And then what about the seeds? Will they
>just drop into my tank, or should I remove them? Will they sprout? Do I
>need to do something special to them for propagation? Could I just
>carefully mail them off to other interested aquarists?

The good news is that they're blooming, the bad news is that mine always
go dormant after blooming. The stalk they produce is amazing. In my 225,
the stalk will grow 4"+ per day until it breaks the surface (28") and blooms.
(a basically ugly bloom, I know why it hides in the hood)

It seems that most people have not luck getting them to come back from
dormancy. I have not had this problem. I don't know why either. Mike 
Trzonkowski at Delaware Aquatic Plants recommended cutting of the
stalks when the appear to keep the plant active, but this didn't help me.

No clue about pollination.

Jon Wilson
jwilson at mnw_net

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