Product Details
LIMITED RELEASE!!
Description
- First and exclusive! Live sphagnum moss 'strands' are now available in South Africa!
- Rarely offered in this form, available here is one portion live sphagnum moss in strand form to give your favourite carnivorous plant a jumpstart on a very cool, anti-bacterial topdressing (Video below)
- 1 portion includes 15-20 live sphagnum moss strands, securely packed in a glass vial (As pictured)
- Perfect in a terrarium and a fantastic top dressing for tropical pitcher plants, sun pitchers, cobra lilies, sundews, some orchids and other bog and wetland plants
Uses
- For aesthetic reasons live sphagnum moss is perfect as a colourful topdressing and are often used as growing medium for nepenthes, sun pitchers, cobra lilies, sundews, some orchids and other bog and wetland plants
- Sphagnum moss is generally very slow growing and easily distinguished from other mosses by its habit of growth, its soft thick fullness (each head resembling a full and elaborate bloom of edelweiss), and is available in various colours - mostly variations of green, yellow, brown, red or purple
- Moss is not dependent on soil water and as is laden throughout with water retaining cells, thus absorbs moisture from the atmosphere (high humidity)
- Live sphagnum moss has lots of anti-fungal properties and is an amazing propagation media. It’s also displays fantastic and once you have a steady culture growing, add portions as a topdressing on tropical pitcher plants, heliamphora, darlingtonia or tall growing sundews for that ultimate natural look!
- Sphagnum moss can be planted in your bog area around your fish pond, added to a waterfall area to filter out the water or add it to your biological filter and watch it grow
- Live sphagnum moss thrives in humid environments and would also be and excellent companion in a terrarium or vivarium with carnivorous plants or amphibians
Portion Size

Ultra Rare Live Sphagnum Moss • Strands (Mixed Species) • Cultivo Exclusive