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Re: Plant ID

To: David Ozenne <dozenne at 10fold_com>
Subject: Re: Plant ID
From: Erik Olson <erik at thekrib_com>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 07:31:06 -0700 (PDT)
cc: aquatic-plants at actwin_com

On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, David Ozenne wrote:

> Identifying a plant based on a rough description is pretty hard, 
> but if I had to guess, I'd guess that you bought one of PetCo's 
> specialties:  A non-aquatic plant.  Actually, what you described 
> sounds a lot like a "Chinese evergreen" (aglaonema) variety or 
> perhaps a diffenbachia, neither will survive long term submerged.  
...
> I hope I'm wrong about your plant, of course.  But if it is an
> aglaonema, they make wonderful houseplants.  They very tolerant
> of a wide range of light levels and watering.  Sort of like the
> houseplant equivalent of anubias, I suppose.

And it could always be grown emersed, with its roots in the water.  Time
to start a paludarium, maybe? :)

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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