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Post by tarence on May 15, 2007 0:13:31 GMT 8
Went hiking. Got 4 types of moss including this lovely s/moss. i`ll try to grow it at home & see how it fares....it`s lowland variety. Question: it grew under filtered light in the jungle & on rotting medium / humus. How is it suppose to survive in our non-fertile medium & under stronger lighting ? Some CPs are even under full sun....Mmmmm.... I`m washing it very very carefully to remove all the humus stuck to its roots, then I`m putting it on my CPs which are in the shady area. Hopefully that`ll work. Not sure how I`m suppose to fertilise it though in future.  here are 3 more moss variety photos    This is a light almost see-thru fern which I`m trying to use as ground cover for the CPs  |
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Post by atmccmn on May 15, 2007 9:24:38 GMT 8
Tarence.....collecting moss is also another interesting subject. You don't actually have to wash them. Simply put them on top of a layer of thin sphagnum moss under filtered lights. Water them when they dries up. That's it! I have a few varieties including the actual sphagnum moss.
Mostly I use them as a covering for my nepenthes and other pot cultured orchids.
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Post by zakhren on May 15, 2007 11:10:28 GMT 8
Wow that looks nice. Wish I could have that much moss~
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Post by tarence on May 15, 2007 14:24:20 GMT 8
I`ll try to post pics of the other 2 or 3 types of moss I got.
They are very interesting `support` plants as mentioned by Andy to me...very friendly towards CPs which grow in shaded areas.I`ll try to take some nice angled close-up photos...
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Post by tarence on Oct 7, 2007 10:47:31 GMT 8
here are some pics of how my moss plus live spaghnum moss looks like after 4 months... this cutie pie bunch spreads very slowly but the compact clump looks good  lowland spag moss, spreads faster than the top one  basically the same with pic 1 but bigger clump & got a bit of lanscaping thrown in, the rock ! heheh  |
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Post by David on Oct 7, 2007 18:40:35 GMT 8
Hey, where you hide all these beauties when I was at your place Tarence!?? Never show me!  Just kidding...  Thanks for sharing. Nice plants and pictures |
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Post by cactustts on Oct 7, 2007 22:16:07 GMT 8
Wow, that's beautiful.
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Post by tarence on Oct 8, 2007 10:10:35 GMT 8
David, small clump here & there laa so difficult to spot.....also forgot to show you when you were at my house....heheh.
TS : thx....hopefully they`ll spread out to cover the whole pot on the near future.
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Post by atmccmn on Oct 10, 2007 9:10:03 GMT 8
Tarence, nice specimen. I particulary like those in the 1st & 3rd pic. Any extra?  You know what I mean............. |
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Post by bactrus on Oct 10, 2007 9:21:48 GMT 8
Tarence,
Stand corrected, isn't the third one (last photo) called java moss. Like those you get in LFS. Grows in water.
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Post by tarence on Oct 10, 2007 9:36:31 GMT 8
Bactrus, i`m afraid i don`t know enough about moss to advice ...heheh. i found it growing along a hiking trail, it was on a rock, quite damp but wasn`t in water.
Andy : you come over & see lah....*smile*
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Post by hongrui on Mar 26, 2008 10:00:25 GMT 8
this is very late but anyway, here's some of my sphagnum moss. (just saw this thread today)  1. in a pot, on a water tray (i removed it from the water tray for the photo)  2. fully submerged in a undrained container  3. together with my CPs   |
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Post by tarence on Mar 31, 2008 17:05:18 GMT 8
hongrui: yours look more like LFS than mine.....
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Post by akirasama on Apr 1, 2008 8:32:04 GMT 8
do u mind to tell me where can get this live sphagnum moss in area kl or selangor hills? i am also interested to cultivate some |
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Post by dom on Apr 1, 2008 9:57:28 GMT 8
Akira, spagnum moss which found in lowland are growing well in shady and humid/moist area. Those growing in highland need cool temperature. So, you have to try your luck in plantation or jungle.
There are more than 2,000 type of mosses or liverwort can be found in Malaysia. But less than 5% can grow submersed (inside the water). The rest are terrestrial moss which is emmersed. And there are more than 20,000 type of mosses/liverwort can be found. And yet, there are still a lot out there which not yet discover.
If you want to know more about mosses, you can contact the Prof. Haji Mohamad or his student named as Yong. Sad to say that only 2 experts in Malaysia are very good into mosses. And they are working close with few professors and student in Singapore. I was into research about mosses and liverwort last time. Planning to take this course in future.
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Post by hongrui on Apr 1, 2008 9:59:21 GMT 8
akira, i got my sphagnum moss from growers in Australia and Germany. i think piscesilim was selling some, maybe you can PM him and check.
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Post by edmund83 on Apr 1, 2008 10:33:26 GMT 8
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Post by dom on Apr 1, 2008 11:21:08 GMT 8
We have the 2nd older jungle in the world. Forgotten it is Belum or Endau Rompin. The oldest jungle is Borneo. The biggest jungle aka the lung of the earth is Amazon.
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Post by tarence on Apr 1, 2008 12:40:39 GMT 8
Not all the moss which are from the jungles will grow in our gardens i`m afraid. Diff moisture, sunlite, temperature, humus etc levels. My 2cts laa.
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Post by akirasama on Apr 1, 2008 13:02:09 GMT 8
Akira, spagnum moss which found in lowland are growing well in shady and humid/moist area. Those growing in highland need cool temperature. So, you have to try your luck in plantation or jungle. There are more than 2,000 type of mosses or liverwort can be found in Malaysia. But less than 5% can grow submersed (inside the water). The rest are terrestrial moss which is emmersed. And there are more than 20,000 type of mosses/liverwort can be found. And yet, there are still a lot out there which not yet discover. If you want to know more about mosses, you can contact the Prof. Haji Mohamad or his student named as Yong. Sad to say that only 2 experts in Malaysia are very good into mosses. And they are working close with few professors and student in Singapore. I was into research about mosses and liverwort last time. Planning to take this course in future. wah.... you are so expert in mosses... anyway, thanks for your information, any idea to cultivate or to grow the moss? what medium is suitable for the moss growing medium? |
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Thanks for sharing. Nice plants and pictures 
