r_m_l at yahoogroups.com schrieb am 18.11.05 06:40:33:
Johannes and/or Christophe,
Do you mean this one (see attached photo)? In the US they call it M.
pteropus "Short Narrow Leaf." At least, that is what I got it as. I have
never had any problems with any of the Java Ferns as far as this "critical
mass" thing. If anything, I find the scores of tiny babies they produce to
be rather annoying. Like little green gnats that just get into everything.
;-) And it seems to grow and thrive as well as, if not better than, the
regular form for me. Of all the forms of Java Fern I have (four currently)
this is the one I find to be the most robust and prolific in my tanks. Of
course, I also have extrememly good success with Bolbitis heudelotti, which
so many people say is touchy. For me it grows under all conditions. I even
grow it in Betta jars. I can't kill it unless I resort to dumping bleach on
it. ;-) Maybe I just have a dark-green thumb? :-)
Julie <'><
>From: Johannes Graf <J.Graf at web.de>
>Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [RML] Microsorium brassii
>Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:32:00 +0200
>
>
>Hi All,
>additionally to those Microsorum species described, there is another one
>existing in very few numbers. It is adwarf form called "angustifolium" (I
>am pretty sure that the validity of this name has never been checked). It
>is a extremly slowly growing, small form or species with dense, oblong
>leaves of about 5mm with and about 5-8cm lenght. But very beautiful. Like
>other forms of Microsorum ("Windelov") it has a critical mass when dividing
>it. If you make the pieces too small, it dies.
>Best regards, Johannes
>
>
>r_m_l at yahoogroups.com schrieb am 28.10.05 10:26:03:
>
> Hi All,
>
> If you can't get M. brassii, you might want to try Bolbitis heteroclita,
>a nice fern that supposedly also occurs on New Guinea. Here in Germany,
>there is also a very small form of M. pteropus with narrow leaves, that is
>being sold as M. pteropus "narrow leaves", which to me looks very much like
>M. brassii. It grows very slowly as compared to the normal pteropus.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Christophe
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