Re: Aroids growing better in water?

From: "Plantsman" plantsman at prodigy.net> on 2002.05.29 at 19:57:53(8929) My mother kept rooted cuttings of Philodendron oxycardium for many years growing in nothing but water with an occasional addition of liquid fertilizer. She simply made the cutting and immersed the base couple of nodes in jars of water and left them. They usually rooted readily and made very long vines. I don't know what would happen if you took an already terrestrially rooted plant and put it in water. +More David Sizemore Kingsport, TN (zone 6) Where the Arum italicum are just about finished flowering ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list AROID-L" Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Aroids growing better in water? : In a message dated 5/29/2 4:07:59 AM, roniles@eircom.net writes: : << If I submerge most terrestrial aroids suddenly in water would I not expect : : them to die? If like some Spathiphyllum wallisii grown terrestrially they : : do not, could it be they have already have "water roots" for possible : : inundation to avoid drowning? >> : : Ron-- : Yes and yes. : : BUT, it is possible to propagate plants so that they grow from the START with : water roots. A species may not be able to tolerate being pulled out of a dry : pot and getting drowned; but if propagated so a baby plant grows water roots, : that species will be able to grow perfectly happy with its roots submerged. : (As you have noticed, some species don't care either way; but most do.) : Instead of attempting to submerge a plant, have you tried propagating a : specimen of the species in water?

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