Re: Fenestrated aroids

From: Hermine Stover <hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 1997.01.15 at 00:10:49(131) At 09:19 AM 1/14/97 -0600, you wrote: >Hermine, you're thinking of the Madagascar Lace Leaf Plant, Apotamogeton >(spelling?) fenestralis, which Albert Greenberg of Everglades Aquatic >Nurseries in Tampa used to sell to aquarists back in the 1950's and >1960's. Albert contracted river blindness (or some other tropical >parasite or disease that causes blindness) while collecting aquatic plants >in Madagascar. This is not an aroid, but I don't know what plant family >it does belong to. > >Neal R. Foster, U.S. Department of Interior, USGS-Biological Resources >Division, Great Lakes Science Center, 1451 Green Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan >48105-2807; Phone [+voicemail]: (313)994-3331-x264; FAX: (313)994-8780; >e-mail: nealfost@umich.edu +More > >Thnks for jogging my memory. It was (aponogeton fenestralis) very expensive in the 50's..$25.00 Or more and seemed not to do well. I had aquariums then only as an excuse to have aquatic plants, having little interest in fishes. Aponogeton and Cryptocoryne (which is an aroid) were my 2 favorite genus(es). Aquararium Stock Co, (Axelrod's place) was my #1 place because they did have a large # of plants. Most shops had only animals and 2 or 3 kinds of plants. > >> of failing memory, >> > > > > Hermine

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