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this is the smallest fissidens that i got from tropical region. each lives in submerged conditions on lateritic soils.

This species is about same size like Fissidens nobilis. Coming from jungle environment.

as it sometimes happens, this nice Fissidens arrived to me already in august. Sadly it went down between many other species i have. But eventually i was asked about it and i am really happy to show you now Fissidens "Amra". it is medium sized (about 12-14 mm, somtimes less) i am sure that it can grow also a little bit longer. It has a dark green color now. Wishing you a nice weekend, enjoy this special very seldom Fissidens I also do thank to all of you helping me on this Fissidens project, that probably will envolve years.

Fissidens rufulus "Gerhild" grows up to 30-40 mm long, it has small "branches" unlike most Fissidens species. it lives regularly underwater, likes flowing water, but sometimes it is written that it can also live in lakes, it grows in sunlight but also shady places. This species was by far the most difficult to find. it took 4 years, 5 expeditions and more than 3000 miles to find it. these are the first images of better details and it will take a while growing it in artificial conditions. i am sure it will establish in our hobby, as it is much to nice, can build large surfaces, and developes very well submerged. Enjoy and all the questions are welcomed. when i work with mosses i always document first , i am posting here also very old documents proving that this species is natively live SUBMERGED. Sorry for expressing things clearly but it seems that sometimes we have come to the point that we need to include also such details to prove that we do not talk unreal things. for the hobbist.. i want to express clearly that some of these special mosses are getting through a very long way *thisone took about 6 years) between documentation in different sources, and finding in the end the species and presenting it for us in this hobby. It is sometimes a hard work, not just buying somewhere and selling and presenting it afterwards. Gerhild is the commercial name i personally chosen, the scientific names is Fissidens rufulus. I was asked often about commercial names, that is why i choose to pick thisone. when i am learning and documenting abou mosses i really use plenty of recources (in this case even 150 years old original documents and conserved vegetal material), but usually it is even more than that.

The Juniperus moss - Ciclodotus aquaticus living submerged (like its scientific name also expresses clearly), in high stream water, but also in regular tanks... here is one of the largest mosses you will ever find: 20 cm long can this moss achieve, growing slowly (at least this is what i experienced) does not need necesarrily CO2, but that can surely help. if any question, simply let me know. I expressed clearly that i will bring as much order in classification as that is possible ( in case of long established mosses, where the origin is "blurry" this will be almost impossible), but i will really work hard on this. when you use this moss, keep in mind that it might get longer as all the others , so use it the best for stable backgrounds in nanoscapes. Enjoy!

hi there, here the second set of such mosses, i try to picture them all, probably there still are a few that have to be pictured. today i managed also i think another fissidens .. i will uptade that separately after i manage to determine it, i presume thatone should be Fissidens bryoides. moss no 24 is Sphagnum inundatum, the only peatmoss i know living totally submerged.

I hope you like this new species, sems a plagiochila, i got it since august 2013 (the copyrighted picture) but inserted also pictures from last week (dec 2014) if you have questions on this species let m know... i am Robert Angyalosi, sometimes Facebook can be usefull. Kind regards

living now since 4 weeks submerged