Simple Moss Rockscape: Creating Peaks and Valleys by Hand and a Jewery orchod planting idea withe same Terrarium
This is moss-on-rock setup I made recently. I thought moss alone looked a little too simple, so I added a sundew as well, now changed to a micro saxifraga.
For the moss, I used Racomitrium moss bought online. Human caltibated moss tends to be much fuller and fluffier.
Of course you can choose wild moss. Lately we’ve had a lot of rain, more than once, I’ve found beautiful patches of bright green moss growing in cracks between concrete walls and stones right along city streets, even next to apartment buildings and residential areas. I’m already collected a few pieces myself.
I glued two pieces of dragon stone together, leaving some gaps between them. Then I placed the rock structure into the base and used small lava rock gravel around it to keep everything stable.
As always, I recommend using real small stones and arranging them together rather than drilling and shaping a single stone yourself. I know some people have the tools and strength to do that, but nature is a the best shapes best.
Once the rocks are in place, fill the larger gaps with sphagnum moss.
Then add the moss.
There really isn’t much to explain here. This type of moss is very light, so you can simply hold it with tweezers and tuck it into the gaps.
Finally, insert the sundew
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That’s it.
Because the whole setup is covered, the moss mainly relies on the humid air inside the container.
Some people may ask: if the moss is getting moisture from the humid air, do we really need to put sphagnum moss into the rock gaps?
Not always.
I mainly use sphagnum moss because some of the gaps are quite large. Without it, the moss may fall out, and the empty spaces may not look very good.
You’ll notice that in the smaller cracks between the rocks, I didn’t add anything at all.
However, if you are growing other plants in rock gaps in an open-air setup—for example, succulents—then I do recommend adding some sphagnum moss. It helps hold moisture and reduces the risk of the plants suddenly drying out.
More photos:
building video:
The second project: jewellry orchid and moss planting idea.
this is a super simple, bottom layers lava rocks + sphagnum + akadama soil. I buried a piece of shrimp wood to support the jewellry orchid.
The moss is pin cushion moos (Leucobryum).
detailed photos:
The jewellry orchid grows well. It becames much taller and a new baby orchid comes out beside the mother plant (when I am writing). I am going to share this update and find out that I forgot posting it).
Its building video:
to be updated.
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