Re: aquatic spathiphyllum

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.


>From: "Petra Schmidt" <petra@plantdelights.com>
>Reply-To: aroid-l@mobot.org
>To: Multiple recipients of list AROID-L <aroid-l@mobot.org>
>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



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