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Re: Ruby Mellon Sword

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Ruby Mellon Sword
From: George Booth <booth at hpmtlgb1_lvld.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 14:49:57 -0600
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Apr 1997 15:39:03 EDT." <199704281939.PAA04879 at acme_actwin.com>

> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 08:47:55 -0400 (EDT)
> From: STDIXON <stdixon at bechtel_com>
> 
> A couple of weeks ago I bought a small sword called "Ruby Mellon
> Sword" from my LFS.  The scientific name listed was Echinodorus
> Barthii.  I'm quite taken with this pretty little sword and was
> interested in how large it might get. (I searched the APd archives,
> but didn't find anything exactly on point.)  Does anyone know?  Could
> one create a whole little "field" of these swords in the foreground?
> Do they propagate by runners?

If this is also known as E. osiris, it can get really big!  We had one
in a 90 g tank that started out small (4"), got a little taller each
week, finally sent a leaf to the surface, then grew emmersed leaves
(30" tall) from then on. 

George

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