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Old 07-18-2005, 10:30 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Is Lemna minor only a floater or can it also grow submers? Attached to wood?
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Old 07-18-2005, 09:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
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no, it can not attach itself to anything - its only root is just not suitable for this.

if you try to submerse this plat anyway, it will die very quickly - it even do not grow well under the water drops from condensation.
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It surely can attach!

Here the proof, Lemna attached to wood in my aquarium:

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The question is if this can also grow submers?
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You know, this looks alot like Hemianthus callitrichoides, so if you cannot grow this plant submerged you may want to get a few pluggs.
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Old 07-26-2005, 05:36 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Dude that is not duckweed.
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I do see some duckweed mixed in the HC at water surface
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haha, you are wrong, my friend - this is not lemna minor at all. here's a little clue - your plant has stems

by the way, I have a piece of driftwood coming out of the water surfice in my aquarium and it is covered with moss. the lemna minor seems to grow well tangled to the moss, along with some riccia - the three form an interesting 'colony'.
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Six weeks ago some duckweed became entangled in hair algae near the bottom of a tank. It is still there, living happily and still green.

I'd post a picture but it is just too disgusting. <g>

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I'm quite sure this is duckweed.
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Dear meloeno,

The picture you posted shows two plants; one with trailing stems, and one floating on the left with a few bits sitting on the left section of wood. The trailing plant is not Lemna minor. L. minor does not grow leaves on stems; it consists of a thallus (a plant body not differentiated into leaf and stem) with a single root. The small floating plant does look like some kind of Duckweed, quite possibly L. minor. You will find, if you pull the bits off the wood, that it is not really attached but just stranded - Duckweeds cannot attach themselves to anything.

I have found that Thin Duckweed (Landoltia punctata) can survive indefinitely when trapped underwater, but it does not reproduce in this situation.

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