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The place to get plants is Chatuchack the so-called weekend market (but also open on weekdays). Go there and search around the fish/pets section, which is alone probably twice as large as the whole Geylang Serai market.
No difference in buying: just use baht instead of S$. Because the price is already damn cheap, I prefer not to bargain for individual plants and ask for a round-off for the total sum instead (e.g. B1750 to B1500).
I haven't seen Christmas moss there, but Java moss is fairly abundant. You can get stuff like Bolbitis and nice water lilies/crypts/echinodorus fairly cheap too.
For storage, if you are going back the same day, you can just pack the plants damp in airtight plastic bags in your check-in or carry-on bags. If you need to wait a few days like me sometimes, I open the plastic bags, fill in some water and leave them in the hotel bathroom. The day you leave Thailand, drain out the water, wrap the plants in damp newspaper or other paper, and repack in the bags.
Customs so far no problem, even when they open and see. But don't bring in soil-potted plants. Fish I have no experience.
Bring a digital camera and post the pictures please. And watch out for the pickpockets.
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