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I have totally fallen in love with this genus! Me-a long-time cacti keeper-becoming addicted to keeping these rather high-maintainance moisture-loving primitive plants-go figure. Still, though, what's not to love?
Selaginella emmeliana
Selaginella apoda, SC native species, wild-collected from ditchbank-funny how I'd seen these all my life and never paid much attention to it. I just dismissed them as "moss", so I was thrilled to come across this clump.
Selaginella erythropus: found a LOT of these recently at Lowe's, mislabeled as "Mahogany Ferns", many of them near-dead from lack of water. This is a rather delicate species with sharply-contrasting colors, dark green to blue-green on top and blood-red underneath.
Selaginella krausianna
Selaginella pallucens, showing new growth
Selaginella uncinata, aka "Peacock Moss", or "Rainbow Moss"; young plants exhibit amazing iridescence, appearing to change color from different shades of blue, green and purple, depending on the light and angle, and turn pink, red and purple when exposed over time to bright sunlight. Tends to be trailing and can become very long, over six or seven feet.
Under room fluorescent lighting:
Under LED lighting:
Mature plant, purchased mislabeled as S. martinsii:
Unknown species, no label-possibly a real S. martinsii, a very stiff and upright species.
Window box with S. uncinata, S. "mystery plant" & S. erythropus
400 million years and STILL lookin' good!
pitbulllady
Selaginella emmeliana
Selaginella apoda, SC native species, wild-collected from ditchbank-funny how I'd seen these all my life and never paid much attention to it. I just dismissed them as "moss", so I was thrilled to come across this clump.
Selaginella erythropus: found a LOT of these recently at Lowe's, mislabeled as "Mahogany Ferns", many of them near-dead from lack of water. This is a rather delicate species with sharply-contrasting colors, dark green to blue-green on top and blood-red underneath.
Selaginella krausianna
Selaginella pallucens, showing new growth
Selaginella uncinata, aka "Peacock Moss", or "Rainbow Moss"; young plants exhibit amazing iridescence, appearing to change color from different shades of blue, green and purple, depending on the light and angle, and turn pink, red and purple when exposed over time to bright sunlight. Tends to be trailing and can become very long, over six or seven feet.
Under room fluorescent lighting:
Under LED lighting:
Mature plant, purchased mislabeled as S. martinsii:
Unknown species, no label-possibly a real S. martinsii, a very stiff and upright species.
Window box with S. uncinata, S. "mystery plant" & S. erythropus
400 million years and STILL lookin' good!
pitbulllady
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