My microworms are gone .........

I think people are confusing the word emersed to submersed. I had the same problem the other day and I looked the words up in a dictionary.

 

Thats also a good way of doing it @Reedfish

 

Those adeniums are lovely. Somehow, they bloom when everything else looks stone dead. I wonder how hardy the hybrids and cultivars are, compared to the Impala lily that rots at the merest hint of overwatering in our colder climate. @Ladysphinx, if you are keen to grow them, many of the indigenous nurseries stock them. You could try Witkoppen, maybe. They also sell them at many of the Sanparks shops in Kruger and so on. Silverhill Seeds would also have their seed in their catalogue from time to time - I haven't looked recently but I've seen it in the past. Growing from seed is more difficult and of course slower, but you get more plants for less money (if you know how to) and it is infinitely more rewarding and authentic.

@Reedfish, that method is exactly how I germinate just about everything nowadays, from cacti to carnivorous plants. It works like a charm. Only problem is that it is so successful that I end up with more seedlings than I can grow on to adulthood.

 

I have also noticed this happens a lot.

 

Those desert roses are magnificent @Ladysphinx

 

@dorff I found a site called - Seeds for Africa - where I might be able to buy some and they deliver maybe it will be worth it. Very interesting site.

 

Yes they are, I want to do a rock garden at some point and I want a Desert rose to be the center piece if it

 

I've bought from them - really good seeds. That's where I got my Connecticut Field Pumpkin seeds - we managed to harvest 5 this year. I cut up one for Halloween LOL. It was awesome. These pumpkins are actually great for making pumpkin pies and cakes - I've made a few and they were delicious!!!! Specially with cream cheese icing. Oh boy! Even my nephew who hates vegetables like me, loved it.

 

My Halloween pumpkin carving

 

I'm a test dummy for these ferns too. Ill try slowly immersing them once they get to me

 

Yeah that's why I'm testing with a few and see what happens

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I have bought from them, and can unreservedly recommend them. The other two companies I also deal with and trust are Seeds and All, and Silverhill Seeds, the latter only for Southern African indigenous species. If you want seeds of indigenous amaryllids, then Silverhill is really your only option. But I should add that our postal service has improved tremendously in the past year, and international orders are again possible. From Europe, I have had postage of around R100, and the stuff reached me in 2-3 weeks.

 

Glad to hear this, I got to a point were I didn't trust them any more but at this point I may just need to use them because I will probably need to order a new charger for my camera and Ebay is much more affordable than any where else.

Will definitely look into them too.

 

Can you guys help to identify moss for me
I found them all at a river
I want to use them for my fish tank and for a paludarium


I know this one is not algae because I put it under my microscope

Here it is under a micro scope



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the only one I recognize is the first one don't know what type it is but I also have it in my one tank and it's doing really well

 

So it's aquatic right or no should I put it into my tank


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I think it can grow submersed & emersed too since I got it from a lady and during the summer months it's under water and during the winter when it's drier it's out of water. It is ok to put in your tank I haven't tried it out of water yet but I want to.

 

The first one looks like Fissidense but slightly different to me. Might be emersed form I'm not sure. If the last one was found in water it should be fine although it might carry various funny bacteria and contaminants. All the other ones looks to be nonacuatic mosses.

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