As someone that frequents The Planted Tank frum and others, I can tell you there is a burgeoning number of people growing stuff emersed.
And in fact most of the stuff grown in aquariums are not obligate aquatics. I have a tank with about a 1/2 inch of water in the bottom with no water movement, and so you would expect pretty horrendous anaerobic conditions..but I have Water Sprite, Saginella, some species of Philodendron, begonia among other things growing fine there. I've also experimented with emersed plants in an aquarium. Off the top of my head. The Hygrophilas, Cryptocorynes, Anubias, Bacopas, Micro sword (Liliaeopsis brasilensis), Dwarf hair Grass and Hydrocotyle all will work fine. IME Java Fern can take a while to adapt to an emersed condition but it will.
If you look at my thread about Wabi-kusa you can see what I've been experimenting with, and all of that stuff does fine.
Obviously the humidity of the tank can also play a huge role.
And in fact most of the stuff grown in aquariums are not obligate aquatics. I have a tank with about a 1/2 inch of water in the bottom with no water movement, and so you would expect pretty horrendous anaerobic conditions..but I have Water Sprite, Saginella, some species of Philodendron, begonia among other things growing fine there. I've also experimented with emersed plants in an aquarium. Off the top of my head. The Hygrophilas, Cryptocorynes, Anubias, Bacopas, Micro sword (Liliaeopsis brasilensis), Dwarf hair Grass and Hydrocotyle all will work fine. IME Java Fern can take a while to adapt to an emersed condition but it will.
If you look at my thread about Wabi-kusa you can see what I've been experimenting with, and all of that stuff does fine.
Obviously the humidity of the tank can also play a huge role.