Re: Water Lenses

Christopher Waldrop (WALDROP@library.vanderbilt.edu)
Tue, 21 Feb 1995 09:51:07 -0600 (CST)

> Sorry for the confusion I wrongly assumed the English translation
> would follow the German or Finnish one. I might be wrong with Lemna
> minor. It's a little bigger (about 3-4 mm in diameter).

No problem with the confusion--I knew exactly what you were talking
about. It seems like almost every place around here that sells
equipment for installing a backyard pond also sells this stuff.
Strange, though, that I've never seen it growing wild. It seems
extraordinarily prolific.
Does anyone else grow this with other aquatics? Since it would block
excessive light, I wonder if it would help keep algae down.
Especially since it even clogs the clear plastic trays my other CPs
sit in...