zozo
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I did this before in 2017 with similar results a few years back. But I unintentionally destroyed it by mistake before it became conclusive.
Then I did the same experiment again, put Süßwassertang in a closed pot with a transparent lid and some clay-based peat soil and put it away in a light spot and wait and wait and wait. It also contains a number of Microsorum sp.
Haven't looked in it for at least 6 months, but I planted this pot over 2 years ago... And today I see what I've seen before, a young tiny plantlet resembling a fern. And it definitively doesn't resemble your Microsorum.
It's this little baby... And it resembles in grow form from my first failing experiment.
Now I will be much more careful with it and make sure it ain't destroyed again. It still could be simple contamination and no Lomaropsis sp. For now, it is what it is and I hope it will grow and finally reveal its species. But since it is so similar to my first experiment I have high hopes... The mystery might be solved...
Another nice observation is seeing a java fern develop fluffy brow roots from its rhizome. I've never seen this before, not even on emerged forms from the LFS or terrarium shops.
Lomariopsis cf. lineata experiment..
Months ago, could be closer to a year, actualy forgot.. But doesn't matter.. Anyway, the story goes this plant is a Prothallus from the Terrestrial fern Lomaropsis sp. Genetic research did put it closest to L. lineata, but that is just a researchers educated guess.. Till now nobody could get it...
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Then I did the same experiment again, put Süßwassertang in a closed pot with a transparent lid and some clay-based peat soil and put it away in a light spot and wait and wait and wait. It also contains a number of Microsorum sp.
Haven't looked in it for at least 6 months, but I planted this pot over 2 years ago... And today I see what I've seen before, a young tiny plantlet resembling a fern. And it definitively doesn't resemble your Microsorum.
It's this little baby... And it resembles in grow form from my first failing experiment.
Now I will be much more careful with it and make sure it ain't destroyed again. It still could be simple contamination and no Lomaropsis sp. For now, it is what it is and I hope it will grow and finally reveal its species. But since it is so similar to my first experiment I have high hopes... The mystery might be solved...
Another nice observation is seeing a java fern develop fluffy brow roots from its rhizome. I've never seen this before, not even on emerged forms from the LFS or terrarium shops.