....because it's growing in the dark.

They told me this plant did well in low light, and they weren't kidding.
Instead of growing toward the light, it grows toward the shade. So much so,
that it's growing thicky *underneath* a large piece of driftwood. This
driftwood is broad and flat and has hollows underneath. I put in it the tank
for provide caves for my clown loaches. I peered into one of the "caves" this
morning, trying to see what the corys were up to, and found that Marsilea has
formed a carpet -- in the cave. It's so dark in there I can hardly see without
a flashlight, but the Marsilea is growing. It's a little paler than the very
dark green it is out in the light, but it's still a pretty bright green.

How strange. The part of the plant that's growing in the light must be
providing nutrients to the part that's growing in the dark. Otherwise, I don't
see how it could survive and spread in a place so dark.


Leigh

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