MOSS

[charlesf6]

Any one know where to find this long hanging MOSS that seems befitting to Vandas?

[dounoharm]

florida Mississippi Alabama etc lol
any dealer down there can help you out....

[estación seca]

Called Spanish moss, it's a pineapple relative, Tillandsia usneoides. There are clones with bigger and smaller leaves. The smaller the leaves, the more difficult to keep alive in lower humidity.

[pipsxlch]

You want some? PM me.
Just remember it's a wild growing plant, you might want to bug treat before use.

[jkofferdahl]

Yup, Spanish Moss. Down here in Georgia there are even songs about the stuff. You know you're in the Old South when everywhere you look there's Spanish Moss hanging from the trees. Farther South from where I am, where it's warmer, Vanda growers let this moss grow in among their roots, keeping them slightly humidified.

[Optimist]

On ebay just look up "live Spanish Moss" you can buy as much as you want.

It is known to have red mites in it and such, so you do need to fumigate it.

[estación seca]

Those of you in its northern reaches... how cold can it tolerate overnight? I'm guessing it can't survive more than a day of freezing weather. Or am I wrong? I know "ball moss" (Tillandsia recurvata) lives in slightly colder places.

[charlesf6]

Was kind of figuring that maybe some of this stuff would seperate my Vanda and my own baths a little bit.

[vvesto]

Any tree in my back yard.... it literally grows everywhere down in swfl, and makes a great bone fire starter... just saying

[charlesf6]

Would the mites/ bug infeststation possibility not be worth the investment if I were to use it to wrap large Vanda roots for humidity purposes? Like shown in that pic from the NJ show?