Re: [Aroid-l] Species suited to a water wall

From: "John Criswick" <criswick at spiceisle.com> on 2009.04.21 at 22:05:27 As it happens, I just returned from Cali, Colombiawhere my host Alvaro Calonje took me to see a wet wall he had made in anupmarket business place. In the attached picture, Alvaro is standing on theright.   Cali isabout 1,000 metres above sea level but nearer the equator than the DR.  Temperaturesare definitely cooler than where I am at 250 metres altitude in Grenada, 12degrees north. For instance, I saw spathiphyllums planted in full sun indowntown Cali. But it never gets anything near as low as 6C !   I don’t think there are any aroids on the wallexcept the white and green form of Pothos. There are a profusion ofalternantheras and types of ground cover, begonias, vinca, (the plant known as periwinklein temperate gardens), ivies, maidenhair ferns, peperomias, selaginellas,zebrinas, and creeping plectranthus would be a good one too.                                                                                                   John.   From:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Paul Temple Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 8:54PM To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Subject: [Aroid-l] Species suitedto a water wall   Hi. A friend advised that this list sometimes discusses water walls and the speciesthat suit them. I have a new water wall.  It's about 5 feet high and about 20 feetlong.  Rocks are already turning green after just a week of water includingseveral dry spells (to fix leaks!).  I live at 1400 metres above sea levelin the Dominican Republic so day temperatures can be as high as 32C (oftencooler) and nights drop to as low as 6C.  The wall is exposed to strongsunlight for several hours a day.  The water is neutral and direct from ariver.  The rocks are probably neutral (but may tend towards alkaline - Imust test this). If anyone can suggest specific plant species or varieties (not necessarilyaroids) that would be either interesting or attractive, I'd be grateful. I'm relatively knowledgeable about carnivorous plants  and not new tospecialist gardening, so I'm  looking for something a little more helpfulthan generalities (so for example, being told that "ferns" are goodwould be no real help). Thanks for any suggestions, especially if replies are copied directly to me. Cheers Paul Temple Constanza / Aguas Blancas Domnican Republic ------=_NextPart_001_00D1_01C9C292.9CE077E0--------=_NextPart_000_00D0_01C9C292.9CE077E0

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