There is some very good information on aquatic crinums in the PBS list archives. It seems to have started with a question from Jim Waddick, and quite a few people made comments with Alani Davis and Alberto Grossi providing some good information about their efforts to grow and flower them. The two search terms that brought up the most hits were “aquatic crinum” and “thaianum”. --Lee Poulsen Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m > On Jun 21, 2021, at 12:55 PM, Mark Mazer via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Ask Dustin at https://dustinsfishtanks.com/ > > He has been very helpful in my growing Anubia and Cryptocoryne. > > Also highly recommended: Ecology of the Planted Aquarium by Diana Walstad, > 3rd edition, ISBN 978-0-9673773-6-0 > > Mark Mazer > Hertford, NC > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 2:17 PM Jane McGary via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> The following inquiry came via the website. If you can help, please >> write to Carl directly at the address below. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> Subject: PBS website contact:///Aquatic/ Crinums >> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:42:23 +0000 (UTC) >> From: Apache <apache@davidpilling.info> >> Reply-To: Carl <zero.junkplease@googlemail.com> >> To: janemcgary@earthlink.net >> >> >> >> >> This is a message from the PBS website for janemcgary. >> >> Hi >> I am curious about growing aquatic Crinums - at least two species >> (calamistratum and natans) are commonly offered in the aquaria trade >> here in the UK. but all the information that I can find about them comes >> from fish-keepers..... >> I have two main queries - what minimum temperature will the different >> species take (could they be grown as simple, if unusual houseplants?), >> and could they be grown in a simple glass or plastic aquarium, nothing >> else that would be nrmal for an aquarium intended for fish? >> >> Any help/advice that you could provide would be greatly appreciated. >> >> -- _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>