shagnum moss wanted
 

hi all, any one selling the above moss or know where to get it? preferably some where around pj or puchong, selangor, malaysia. thanks:smile:

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Hi Xi wei

Ummm well i think edward/edwardyeeks bought some live sphagnum moss from Fauzi which has a nursery in ampang as im quite sure you knew...

Ken

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Friend, you pm me to ask and now you post. AiyayaH!

Goto any nursery which sells orchids or ACE hardware at the Curve or Midbvalley. Nurseries, how about the ones at sungai buluh or at Tropicana under the high tension wire near the Damansara Toll. Simple la. Just as for Sphagnum moss or moss for orchid. About RM10 - 15 you get a enuf to last you for a while.

Had to add this. A Penang guy telling you where to buy things in KL? I feel pretty honoured.

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The Honorable Master BA! :tongue:

Oh Wise Sage, Master Bactrus :shy:

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lol......Wah...The true master has appeared..Anyways xi wei you talking bout LFS dried ones or live ones???? I didn't know orchid nurseries actually sell live ones..

Ken

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thanks master bactrus, posting this after i view ur profile(from pening), but feel very suprise that you actually know selangor so well, thanks a lot:laugh:

got 1 question as kentosaurs ask, should i get the wet live one or dried one? thanks:1thumbup:

is the moss originally from malaysia or some where else? I saw a lot of moss in oil palm estate and in my water well as I'm currently trap in my kampung

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Ahem! So shall thee listen to me, thy honorable master. Be good, buy lota plants, practise planting lots and don't forget to eat. Thy lesson for this day. Class dismissed.

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Hi....I'm also not sure la but of course live ones are better for the plants as it keeps the humidity high and also can tell you if its time to water or not by looking at the moss see its dry or not but thats not really needed just water once every 2 days for neps..For dried ones you can find them in the gardening section of big marts like Jusco...(which i always get) for RM4 cheap but not so good compared to live ones and new zealand spahnum..

Ken

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great lesson, at least it is far more interesting than those religious book:laugh:, thank you master bactrus, when is the next class:1thumbup:

then i shall try the wet one first when I escape from my home town, shall get live shagnum moss during my viking trip to near by nursery:smile:

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hehe,they're got shpaghum moss growing in the garden of our condo near the swimming pool.No one cares about them except me.I asked the gardeners and they just say don't cut the flowers(they've got those pink orchids and spiderlilys).So I get to collect them.And they're live ones!And.........are there more than one type of sphagum moss?Those on my ping are lighter and the ones I collect are darker green.

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Marvin, can you post a photo of the sphagnum moss you collected from your condo garden. Love to see the varieties that's growing lowland.

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I didn't know that spahgnum moss grows in lowland conditions..........Anyways like athene said me want pictures....Could be algae ur taking hahaha

Ken

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Marvin, I wonder if that's the live sphagnum moss. S. moss need quite wet/humid to thrive in our place (I mean tropical lowland). And they normally can't withstand direct hot sun for long. A picture of the moss you collected will tell.
Xi Wei, I don't encourage you to use just live SM for all your neps. The roots too will need some air. Moreover it's not easy to get live SM in the nursery, not to say a big quantity. Just use dried SM + perlite/sand, most neps thrive in this mix. You can get it in ACE or Jusco. Ace is selling a better quality New Zealand SM which lasts you for years. Jusco is selling "Uncle.... Sam or something" brand which is very much cheaper but poor quality. It decomposes rather quickly.

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icic, thanks a lot for the info, what about drosera? does the theory work the same or not? thanks

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agree with amelie.poullain and kentosaurs, if it happen to be the same moss as i saw in oil palm estate or even my water well, then will get bunch of them before being release back to home

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Xi Wei, do you have a camera or something to snap them? I'm interested to see what kind of mosses are those.:laugh:
Actually you can place some as top layer in your nep pot. They will eventually form a layer of beautiful green carpet.:laugh:

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too bad that i don't have a camera, only got webcam from com, so far one looks like aquatic moss to me, and the other is every where in any old oil palm estate*biggrin2*

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OK, managed to find the thread, the live SM should look like this.
https://forum.petpitcher.net/showthread.php?t=1188

Xi Wei, you could get some to place in your pot, I like to see green carpet formed on the surface of the media. :wub::laugh:

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icic, thanks for the information, i think those in oil palm estate is nowhere near those moss from the link, will go get some when i go viking to any nursery in sight and in mind:laugh:, what is the common name you all call it when you come across nurseries that are operated by chinaman or people who don't know what it is?

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Xi Wei,

err... what's viking? :unsure:

I know viking as in Scandinavian explorer or Nepenthes globosa aka. 'Viking'. But I have absolutely no idea what you meant in this contact :confused:

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It is call "soi toi" in cantonese, or "shui3 tai2" in Mandarin. :laugh:

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haha, just play play with word when I'm extremely tired, just mean to "visit":laugh: and most probably get some stuff there(just like viking who "visit" places and return with goods...just that they rob i purchase)*biggrin2*

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i see, thanks TS for the information:1thumbup: