Sharing My Experience - Regeneration Of LSM From LFS

[Cindy]

LSM - Live Sphagnum Moss, LFS - Long Fibre Sphagnum Moss (dried)

I sowed some D. indica seeds on a mixture of LFS, peat and sand some time ago.

The D. indica seedlings are now about 1/2cm across.


Within the same period, LSM regenerated in areas without any seeds.

could it be the spores that led to the regeneration?

[Cindy]

Malowie, there are spores already in the LFS I used for the media. However, regeneration of LSM is not common and as readily achievable in our weather because the LFS is often soon covered by algae.

In cooler conditions, overseas growers have got better rate of success. Probably the same reason why LSM grows much faster for them and they need to trim them back to prevent the moss from covering seedlings or short plants.

[plantlover]

Hehehe I've no patience in regenerating them. just got them from Fauzi.

[kentosaurs]

Ah i'll just stick to the normal LFS which is easy to find and cheap :D.

Ken

[NepNut]

I personally prefer to have LSM for several reasons (Just my personal observation)

1) if you grow the LSM well, you'll vitually eliminate the blue green algae (green slime) from overtaking the top of the media

2) LSM seems have some anti fungal properties, plants grown on it seems to be healthier

3) LSM can be use as an indicator to check whether the media is getting too dry.

4) esthetically more pleasing

Please feel free to add points of the advantages of growing LFS with nepenthes. Thanks.

Originally Posted by cpnut

I personally prefer to have LSM for several reasons (Just my personal observation)

1) if you grow the LSM well, you'll vitually eliminate the blue green algae (green slime) from overtaking the top of the media

2) LSM seems have some anti fungal properties, plants grown on it seems to be healthier

3) LSM can be use as an indicator to check whether the media is getting too dry.

4) esthetically more pleasing

Please feel free to add points of the advantages of growing LFS with nepenthes. Thanks.

ceph leaves propagate easier on LSM..

[Aliamyz]

Mine regenerated too Cindy!

[Cindy]

Aliamyz,

How about sharing the conditions in which LSM regenerated for you?

The purpose of my thread is to share conditions so that people without LSM at the moment can try getting some from their LFS.

Btw, I used New Zealand sphagnum moss. Not sure if the ones from China works.

My conditions were
*bright light for the whole day and about 1-2 hours of direct sunlight
*media was kept soggy all all the time
*disposable container was not covered

is this LSM?

just curious.. its on my truncata baby... =)