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- From: hbishop@ttsi.lonestar.org (Huett Bishop)
- Newsgroups: rec.aquaria
- Subject: Re: (F) pine plants
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.153951.6030@ttsi.lonestar.org>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 15:39:51 GMT
- References: <Nov.14.23.57.01.1992.17236@yoko.rutgers.edu> <1992Nov15.211316.29076@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Organization: Tandem Telecommunications Systems Inc.
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- In article <1992Nov15.211316.29076@athena.cs.uga.edu> maxfield@athena.cs.uga.edu (Joan C. Maxfield) writes:
- >Once upon a time my local fish store carried a cute little plant that
- >looked just like a little pine tree. Upon closer inspection I
- >thought: "Hey, that looks just like Princess Pine!" Princess Pine,
- >sorry I don't know the latin, is a small, vinelike, TERRESTRIAL plant.
- >I guess some people don't care about growing plants in their tanks and
- >just want some green for a little while. Go back to that store in a
- >few weeks and take a look at that pine plant, if it's the same plant
- >that my store tried to sell it will be nasty and brown. Ugh. As for
- >care of it, well, I'd guess some nice acidic, moderatly moist forest
- >floor would do it just fine! I say save your money for a REAL aquatic
- >plant.
- >
- >Joan
- >
- >--
-
- Ditto here. I found some at the store and thought they looked neat. My
- across the hall office neighbor thought so too and bought 2 bunch'es.
-
- After a week they are brown with no roots, so the the store's. They
- look like trimming from a juniper bush!
-
- I wouldn't buy them and I'm glad I'm didn't!
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- |Huett Bishop |
- | Tandem Telecommuncations Systems Inc.|
- |Dallas, TX |
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- |email: hbishop@ttsi.lonestar.org |
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