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Old 06-10-2012, 01:13 PM   #1 (permalink)
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This plant was won at an auction as "dwarf water lettuce."

Anyone know if it is water lettuce?
They get big! And what the genus sp. is?
Ignore the duckweed, thx.

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Old 06-10-2012, 02:38 PM   #2 (permalink)
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It is water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes, but I doubt that it is a dwarf variety. It is small because it was grown in low light. Put a plant outdoors in a tub with some soil on the bottom and you will probably get the full sized plant which will multiply like duckweed. Don't let this one escape into the local environment.
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My dwarf water lettuce looks like that and Ive had it for about 8mths.
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Under aquarium conditions it stays flat, just a couple of leaves.
In a pond it gets bigger, or in a bright aquarium with an open top.
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