Erect, Taiwan, Java,Christmas, Weeping and Singapore Moss
Hi, folks,
I took some photographs of my mosses. I thought about uploading them to the forum so they can serve as a guide for those who are looking to buy Taiwan and Weeping Mosses from the fish shops. But I thought maybe we should play a game first
Here's a picture of 6 mosses. They are Taiwan, Erect, Christmas, Java, Weeping and Singapore Moss (not necessarily in that order).
Can you tell which is which?
Start from left to right and let's see who has a keen eye for mosses
Loh K L
Erect, Taiwan, Java,Christmas, Weeping and Singapore Moss
ok. let me try my luck.
From Left to Right:
Christmas Moss
Weeping Moss
Java Moss
Taiwan Moss
Erect Moss
Singapore Moss
Best Regards, TS
PlantLog Garden Cryptocoryne, Bucephalandra .....
Christmas, Erect, Java, Taiwan, Weeping, Singapore.
Hmm... let me try:
Taiwan, Christmas, Java, Erect, Singapore??, Weeping??
Regards,
Ong Poh San
My guess;
Singapore, Erect, Java, Taiwan, Christmas and Weeping moss??
Lily Choo
Left to right:
Christmas, Erect, Java ,Singapore, Taiwan, Weeping
Good game!
Chiristmas, erect, java, singapore, taiwan, weeping
What's the prize?
This is quite interesting.
My guess: Christmas, Taiwan, Java, Weeping, Singapore, Erect.
L-R
Christmas, Erect, Java,Singapore, Taiwan, Weeping Moss
Gan
Erect, Java, Weeping and Taiwan are quite easy to tell apart if you have seen them. Christmas and Singapore are the tought ones. It would be even more challenging if KL had used the Singapore Moss form my tank :-D
L-R
Christmas, Erect, Java, Taiwan, Weeping & Singapore
L-R
Christmas,Erect,Java,Weeping,Taiwan,Singapore
..............................
When my fishes are happy, I'm happy.
the 1st and 2nd look the same to me.... the 4th and 5th also look the same to me so my guess is
first and second are christmas
3rd is java
4th singapore
5th tawian
6th weeping
alan aka zai jin
My guess from left to right
hmmmmm...
Erect, Christmas, Java, Singapore, Taiwan, & Weeping
Dennis S.
From left to right Erect,Christmas,Java,Singapore,Taiwan and Weeping Moss . That is what they look like to me!!
Regards
Aldrin
Thanks for playing the game, guys.
For the record, 3 persons came up with the correct answers. They are Ghazanfar Ghori who lives in the USA, Tony from the UK and Gan C W from Singapore. Congratulations!! We'll be writing to you soon about your prizes
But seriously, the mosses were arranged in alphabetical order. From left to right, they are Christmas, Erect, Java, Singapore, Taiwan, Weeping.
All of you were able to identify which was the Java Moss although the frond that was shown in the picture wasn't exactly a good specimen. Alan was very close with his answers but he thought the first 2 fronds belong to the same moss.
I'm posting more pictures of the 6 mosses. These are "up close and personal" pictures, taken with macro mode at distances of less than 2 cm (0.8 inches). At such close quarters, the mosses should be easier to identify. Is it really?
In no particular order this time:
Moss A
Moss B
Moss C
Moss D
Moss E
Moss F
Loh K L
Ok, up close its a little more difficult to ID. Primarily because
you cannot compare the relative size. With some of these
I'm pretty sure I'm right - not so sure with others.
But here goes anyway...
A = Taiwan
B = Erect
C = Singapore
D = Weeping
E = Java moss
F = Christmas
KL,
Teasing us again ? ;-) I must say this is tougher than the first challenge !
The prize must be better this time ok ?
Not only have you gotten people looking for mosses everywhere, now people are taking their mosses out of their tank to examine them under magnifying glass !
I will let the rest guess first ;-)
Yandy and other moss collectors .. where are you guys ??
I just read at Arofanatic forum that someone lost $800 worth of belongings when he left his valuables at a bus stop to look at a patch of moss in a stream just beside the bus stop !!
Two of the Vesicularias are difficult to tell apart. Anyway this is my stab at it :
T-B : Taiwan, Erect, Christmas, Weeping, Java and Singapore Moss.
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