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JudyB said:
@JoeR and @Pitoon I took some close up of the "fern" in the trident pot, and also my known plant of selaginella. While the fronds are very similar the form of the plant is different. The one with the tree, is more fern like in it's arrangement, all the fronds coming out of the same spot and fanning out like a fern. The kusamono plant I have is more cascade and clump like in form. But the same family for sure.
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If it's a moss you should be able to take a small piece chop it up and sprinkle it onto another pot and it should grow.
 
Pitoon said:
If it's a moss you should be able to take a small piece chop it up and sprinkle it onto another pot and it should grow.
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Since these are a little different than 'normal" moss its actually better to take a clump and spread it out into a tray. Works for selaginella and hornworts/liverworts. Few weeks and it will be a carpet
 
Pitoon said:
If it's a moss you should be able to take a small piece chop it up and sprinkle it onto another pot and it should grow.
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Since these are a little different than 'normal" moss its actually better to take a clump and spread it out into a tray on flat soil, covered. Works for selaginella and hornworts/liverworts. Few weeks and it will be a carpet
 
JoeR said:
Since these are a little different than 'normal" moss its actually better to take a clump and spread it out into a tray. Works for selaginella and hornworts/liverworts. Few weeks and it will be a carpet
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Seriously? Can I just take a cutting, or do I need the rootage?
 
JudyB said:
Just in fall. I've never seen my kusamono one get colors like that. The one with the tree is never as lime green as the kusamono one either. I'll bet @TomB could settle this for us... he knows his accent plants!
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I wish I shared your confidence! I don't know for sure.
I think the top (fern-like) one is the one that used in Japan for kusamono. That goes red/orange in the winter. I've never been able to find out the name of it, but it might be a variety of Selaginella tamariscina (if anyone knows then I'd be keen to find out).
The second one which you have as a kusamono, I think is Selaginella kraussiana, which is sold by nurseries. Again, if anyone knows better then please tell us.
They are nice plants in any case.
 
TomB said:
I wish I shared your confidence! I don't know for sure.
I think the top (fern-like) one is the one that used in Japan for kusamono. That goes red/orange in the winter. I've never been able to find out the name of it, but it might be a variety of Selaginella tamariscina (if anyone knows then I'd be keen to find out).
The second one which you have as a kusamono, I think is Selaginella kraussiana, which is sold by nurseries. Again, if anyone knows better then please tell us.
They are nice plants in any case.
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Thanks for the reply, gives me more names to look up!
 
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