manticore Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 hi there, the fontinalis genus like also the fissidens , is pretty complicated, with few species but many morphs. svetilda 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticore Posted October 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jem_xxiii Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 As i figured. Thanks for sharing! manticore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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