Re: Aldrovanda culture

From: Phil Sheridan (meadowview@pitcherplant.org)
Date: Sat Aug 23 1980 - 11:09:20 PDT


Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1980 11:09:20 -0700
From: Phil Sheridan <meadowview@pitcherplant.org>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2568$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Aldrovanda culture

Hi Folks:

Thank you Pierre for your interest in our success with Aldrovanda. To be
honest our success is due to location, location, location. The research
station is located on a blackwater pond with a pH of 4.5. Essentially
Aldrovanda is growing here in a situation probably very similar to its
natural environment (e.g. associate plants, water chemistry, etc.) and
we are having phenomenal success with extremely robust plants (hopefully
we can get some shots of our growing conditions on the web soon).
Originally I managed to barely keep this plant alive for a season in an
aquarium. I then experimented with growing it in the pond and we have
been very successful ever since. Frankly I think long term success with
this species in aquarium culture may be somewhat difficult (although I
would like to hear from people that have done this). The pond water
chemistry may be extremely complex when one considers the cycling of
nutrients between associate plant species and whatever beneficial
interactions are provided by invertebrates, diatoms, and other flora and
fauna. I had always wanted to find and grow Aldrovanda as a kid and am
extremely satisfied to be growing such an amazing plant. Last year we
recorded the 5 mm traps capturing and eating small tadpoles!!

I would encourage growers to try a number of techniques to successfully
grow this plant in culture. Please remember that we are offering our
summer sizzler sale on Aldrovanda plants at only $1.00 each (if you get
a $25.00 sponsorship they are only .50!). Look forward to hearing from
you.

Sincerely,

Phil Sheridan
Director
Meadowview Biological
Research Station

> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:03:51 +0900
> From: "Pierre Gelinaud" <piilou@multimania.com>
> To: <cp@opus.labs.agilent.com>
> Subject: Re: Aldrovanda seeds
> Message-ID: <001501c00b35$94e3c060$8aa4e8ca@pierre>
>
> Congratulation!
>
> You have great success with this difficult plant... I'm very interesting in
> information about your growing condition (light, water, tank...) and I'm
> sure I'm not the only one...?! (deg_deg)
> Thanks,
>
> Pierre Gelinaud
> http://www.multimania.com/piilou/
> http://www.ii-okinawa.ne.jp/people/a-miya/
> piilou@multimania.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Sheridan" <meadowview@pitcherplant.org>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <cp@opus.labs.agilent.com>
> Sent: lundi 21 ao\373t 2000 09:05
> Subject: Re: Aldrovanda seeds
>
> > Hi Folks:
> >
> > Carl Mazur, Jay Lechtman, and Eric Schlosser were here the other day and
> > while we were showing them our Aldrovanda cultures we examined the seed
> > capsules. So far we had not found seed but this day was an exception. We
> > found one capsule that was swollen and green and contained about a dozen
> > seeds. As far as I know this is the first report of Aldrovanda seed
> > produced in the US. Anyone out there with comments?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Phil Sheridan
> > Director
> > Meadowview Biological
> > Research Station



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