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Post by Guest on Feb 27, 2008 12:04:54 GMT 7
Nice to see you still finding weird or uncommon things up and over there.
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Post by bogbaron on Mar 4, 2008 0:23:10 GMT 7
I see strange things everyday but I guess I shouldn't count people I see at work or when I look in the mirror. I dropped my nikon several months ago and have been using my sweetie's old rebel but she sees me with it and gives me so many instructions and is so protective of it that it takes the fun out of taking pictures. I got my nikon back several weeks ago and have gotten a few good pictures since then. Friday I went to the bog and got pictures of moss, lichen and some other oddities. I'll post a few pictures when I get a chance. Think green for St. Patrick's Day and happy almost Easter.
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Post by Dave Evans on Mar 7, 2008 12:50:05 GMT 7
Dear George,
Your ideas are correct. Spanish moss is most closely related to airplants, and it is also an airplant. The main difference is spanish moss grows as a vine and is the only airplant to do so, AFAIK.
You can grow it on the soil surfaces of pots. It is most typically an airplant, but needs a very high humidity level to grow well. Since I have variable humidity in New Jersey, I just layed a couple of vines on the soil of my Brocchinia pot and now it is growing and starting to hang over the side of the pot.
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Post by bogbaron on Mar 10, 2008 20:15:24 GMT 7
Good morning Dave, It is good to hear from you. I never thought of spanish moss being a vine. I have it hanging in all my oak trees and it has run into my dogwood, redbud and peach also. We've had a lot of wind and rain here in the last 3 weeks and I bet I have gathered over 300 pounds of spanish moss and dead limbs out of my front yard in the last 2. Have you ever noticed the small yellow flowers spanish moss seems to get every once in a while?
I was in the bog on leap day and managed to keep my camera dry and still get a few photos I'll try to post a few soon as I can get my photobucket working right. Have a nice day, BoGHead
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Post by bogbaron on Mar 13, 2008 0:32:21 GMT 7
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Post by bogbaron on Mar 13, 2008 0:38:34 GMT 7
Here are a few pics of an oddity I have seen in a lot of older woods. I don't know if it is moss, lichen, fungus or other plant group.   |
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Post by nepenthesmountain on Mar 13, 2008 14:37:24 GMT 7
I saw a couple of lichens out in a disused quarry. They had the red bit at the end of the 'stems'.
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Post by bogbaron on Mar 13, 2008 22:02:43 GMT 7
Hello NM, The red bit is the flower I believe and I was told the lichen is called soldier's cap. Have a nice day, BoGHead
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Post by bogbaron on Mar 25, 2008 20:54:38 GMT 7
Here are a few different mosses I use for top dressing and moisture control.  |
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Post by Guest on Apr 10, 2008 11:25:12 GMT 7
That sphagnum is awesome I wish I knew of a place to photogragh it here especially since I got a D 70 Nikon for my birthday.
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Post by bogbaron on Apr 10, 2008 20:31:45 GMT 7
Congratulations and happy belated birthday Rob. I got the Nikon D-40 for my birthday last year. Check out the little red trap forming just to the right of the rosea near the center in post 23 and compare it to the trap forming in the fungus among us thread. There seems to be a vast difference for just over 2 weeks of growth. I'll make it easier and repost the pic here.  Am I crazy or can the traps grow this much in ten days? Disregard the first part of the question, I already know that answer. Have a nice day, BoGHead |
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Post by Robert on Apr 10, 2008 22:11:43 GMT 7
Hi Boughthead, i observe the lichens wee similar to some i found ihere. whet do you think of their similarities. They are the same?  |
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Post by bogbaron on Apr 10, 2008 23:22:10 GMT 7
Hello Robert, The red caps or flowers look real similar to the soldier's cap lichen in my post but the stems seem to be different. Almost like the lichen has grown around little wood twigs. I would guess they are not the same but they do look similar. We have a lichen or moss that grows on oak limbs here in Florida that seems to have a similar growth pattern where it will gradually grow around and cover the whole limb in time but I have never seen it flower like in the picture you have posted. The limbs that get covered usually die and fall from the tree but the growth seems to continue for awhile even after the limb has fallen. Nice picture and thanks for posting. Have a nice day, BoGHead
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Post by Dave Evans on Apr 17, 2008 14:45:15 GMT 7
Hello George,
I haven't made into this thread in quite awhile. I have noticed the flowers on Spanish Moss. Yeah, I never thought about it as a vine either, but that certainly seems to be the best way to describe it's unique (for airplants) way of growing. A vine with no roots, tiny thin leaves one per node and super small but pretty flowers.
I think that white/grey/pink stuff growing on the bark of the tree is also a lichen.
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Post by bogbaron on Apr 22, 2008 0:12:10 GMT 7
Hello Dave, Thanks for checking the posts. Yeah if Spanish moss was edible it might slow down the hunger problem caused by over population. I swept the roof and got another 100 pounds or so if you count the dead branches attached to it. I figured the red stuff on the tree for fungus but I don't know for sure. It could easily be a lichen of some sort. I was in the woods last week and got some good pics but my photobucket account is acting up or maybe it's full again. Have a good day Dave, BoGHead
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