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    Mini Pellia

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    Just bought a pinch of this "mini pellia" from Mermaid today. Cost me 2 red notes for a 20cent coin patch!!! *ouch* I was just wondering whether if this is a genuine species by itself? Or is this just a variation of the normal Pellia (monosolenium tenerum)???

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    Possibly an environmental-induced variant of this species. It has been seen in the water lettuce aka Pistia stratiotes, which has two forms, one in the curled up form and the other as a small, flat-leaved form.

    In wrong conditions the plant may somehow retard in growth in become slightly smaller in size. This may be the reason for this "mini pellia" becoming so. That said, I'm not sure if the price you paid was worth it but then again life is full of What Ifs.
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    I forgot to add this. You can always snip off a small tiny piece and send it to KL for identification via Prof. Tan.
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    Which is what I am going to do Oh well, hopefully I can propagate more of this in my office tank and see how it grows out to be

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    Hi,

    I think your so-called "mini-pellia" is similar to the species now being offered for sale here but they are calling it "Giant Riccia" ............ LOL!!! Incidently, in one of my experiments with mosses, I scrapped some kind of liverwort from my potted plants and tried them submerse and the result that I got was something quite similar to this so-called "Giant Riccia"

    Would have posted the picture here but somehow my IT challenged mind cant seem to figure out just how to do that here

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    Quote Originally Posted by kimco
    Hi,

    I think your so-called "mini-pellia" is similar to the species now being offered for sale here but they are calling it "Giant Riccia"

    Cheers,
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    I've seen the so-called Giant Riccia before. Their true name is monosolenium tenerum. This pellia is much much smaller and has nice little fronds exactly the same shape as the normal pellia.

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    Joe's right. The so-called Giant Riccia is Monosolenium tenerum, incorrectly known as Pellia endiviifolia until Tropica clarified the mistake. What's still a mystery though is which plant is P. endiviifolia? Could it be one of the few mysterious liverworts appearing in the market recently?

    Mermaid World in Ang Mo Kio sells the Mini-Pellia that Joe bought. Somehow or other, people are still fond of the Pellia name, even after Tropica's clarification. You don't have to send me any, Joe. When the professor comes home after the Chinese New Year, I'll go and borrow a few tiny pieces of the Mini-Pellia from Mermaid World. It's a beautiful plant, I must say. I would have bought some if not for the fact I'm a stingy fellow.

    Loh K L

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    Mini Pelias are downright gorgeous, have only seen them online but never in shops, I wonder why is that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by timebomb
    Mermaid World in Ang Mo Kio sells the Mini-Pellia that Joe bought. Somehow or other, people are still fond of the Pellia name, even after Tropica's clarification. You don't have to send me any, Joe. When the professor comes home after the Chinese New Year, I'll go and borrow a few tiny pieces of the Mini-Pellia from Mermaid World. It's a beautiful plant, I must say. I would have bought some if not for the fact I'm a stingy fellow.

    Loh K L
    Actually Kwek Leong, I'm also a stingy fellow I actually thought it was expensive but NOT THAT expensive so I asked Melvin to take out some. Then he told me $20. Oh well since he has taken it out, I thought I might as well give it a try

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    The mini 'pelia' also have the same characteristic of its brother Monosolenium tenerum. They grow mini hair-like roots and will attached itself to the piece of driftwood that you tied to. Beautiful plant, expensive, propagate real slow.

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    Hi, folks,

    I went to Mermaid World just now and the owner, Melvin Lim kindly gave me permission to take the pictures of the plant. Here they are:





    Loh K L

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    Very nice pellia!!! The fronds are so small and pretty. It took Melvin 1 month plsu to grow to that stage. And the price was pretty staggering when I asked

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    ~drool drool~

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    That plant is stunning! I, too, will drool on that fine plant.

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    Hi Guys,

    A couple of months back I saw some liverwort growing around in a potted plant in a friend's house and decided to check if it is also aquatic in nature. This is how it looks now. It really look like mini-pelia to me. What do you think?



    Another view



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    KG, it's hard to tell from the pics if yours is the same plant. Yours could be the normal Monosolenium tenerum. I know it can be found in Malaysia, mostly near waterfalls. Anyway, your plant looks very healthy and if it's really the Mini-Pellia, you're sitting on a pot of gold

    Loh K L

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    Its been a week+ since I tied them to the wood. I noticed no growth so far. Hmmmm seems like it is super slow grower. Will update once I see some significant growth.

    For those looking for some of this plant, Bioplast is also selling at the same price as Mermaid. Don't have to rush as this plant is not fast selling like our favourite moss

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    Quote Originally Posted by damnit
    Its been a week+ since I tied them to the wood. I noticed no growth so far. Hmmmm seems like it is super slow grower. Will update once I see some significant growth.

    For those looking for some of this plant, Bioplast is also selling at the same price as Mermaid. Don't have to rush as this plant is not fast selling like our favourite moss
    hi,

    It is actually not that super slow growing. Have been growing them since a year ago. Only need to watch out for algae ...especially BBA.

    ps, got problem trying to attach photo here, so i link it to my photos in yahoo http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/petlov...06.jpg&.src=ph

    edwin

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    Finally took some pics of the pellia which has gronw considerably.


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    Nicely photographed Joe. Very pretty plant. So this would be different from Mono. Tenerum.

    Regards,
    Dennis

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