willow moss (fontinalis) collection, 7 morphs

[manticore]

hi there, the fontinalis genus like also the fissidens , is pretty complicated, with few species but many morphs. 

[jem_xxiii]

This is pretty interesting as willow moss seems to be quite common in the planted tank world. How were you able to acquire the 7 different morphs, or what made you realize that there were so many?

[manticore]

the fontinalis genus , like fissidens is also a complicate one... as you can see in the pictures, these plants really are different in structure. it might be just a geometry situation and that there are maybe only 5 species up there, or it can be also otherwise.

 

the macrophylla i just bougth from an online announcement (the guy did not know exactly what he had there, he called it just mos, it is fontinalis antipyrectica ssp macrophyla for sure, as i have already started to study old presenved specimens when working with this genus), the next 2 morphs i managed to find by myself, then the next 2 i received as a gift, they come from another country. the 6 th was a species that i received a year ago, it might be fontinalis duriae, but in fact i think it is anotherone. and the last one from left to right was also found about 6 month ago... 

 

all these morphs ( i call them thisway because i am niot certain if they are same or different species) are different in appearance, in geometry and in way they grow.

 

after i am done with my first priority , that is the fissidens genus (i am now at about 20 species) i willget further to fontinalis, as that is the next most important genus in my oppinion for our hobby.

 

none of the above species comes from any mainstream shop or hobbist.

[jem_xxiii]

As i figured. Thanks for sharing!