Re: aquatic spathiphyllum

From: "Eduardo Goncalves" edggon at hotmail.com> on 2002.05.23 at 23:33:58(8862) Dear Petra and Ron, Just to remember: Spathiphyllum gardneri (from Central Brazil) grows in river banks and most plants are usually flooded during the rainy season. I am not meaning a wet foot, but I am talking about completely submerged plants (sometimes only infructescences out of the water) for a month or two. In Amazonas state (Brazil), as well as in Venezuela, Spathiphyllum cannifolium grows in full sunlight in swamps, together with Urospatha and some Montrichardia. I have also collected Spathiphyllum humboldtii growing submerged up to the middle of its petioles close to French Guiana. The same situation in a potential new species of Spathiphyllum in Acre (I think Tom is describing this one) that was growing in a completely swampy area. I have never collected in Costa Rica or Colombia, but all Brazilian species of Spathiphyllum I have seem are helophytes or rheophytes. In fact, I have never seen a truly terrestrial Spathiphyllum in Brazil! Best wishes, Eduardo. +More >From: "Petra Schmidt" >Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org >To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L >Subject: aquatic spathiphyllum >Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 16:58:09 -0500 (CDT) > >Hey Ron...there was a craze here in the USA, well, maybe just the Midwest, >with spathiphyllum plants being grown in huge glass jars...the kits were >sold by Walmart and included colored marbles for the jar, a beta fish and a >spathiphyllum...the roots of the spath grew down into the jar, kept the >fish >fed and happy and the plant happy...these "arrangements" were seen in >dental >offices, doctor's offices, bank lobbies, restaurants, and anywhere else you >could imagine; those who had one, loved them... >I have seen spaths offered in the water garden areas in garden >centers/nurseries and have seen them growing pretty much as emergent >aquatics. >Petra _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com

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