Plant Id help

[critch]

Hi Peeps,

I will down load a pic from the camera when i get home,
but i found a plant in the shop, which looked liked Trimmed conifer branches.. any idea what it might be..
they do have roots on them, but are they aquatic plants ???

Pics to follow tonight

 

[a1Matt]

Obviosuly we need the pic to be sure, but from your description I would guess java fern (Microsorum pteropus)

 

[Anonymous]

Didiplis diandra?

 

[a1Matt]

oops. Please completely ignore my post I misread the OP.

 

[Gill]

Hi Peeps,

I will down load a pic from the camera when i get home,
but i found a plant in the shop, which looked liked Trimmed conifer branches.. any idea what it might be..
they do have roots on them, but are they aquatic plants ???

Pics to follow tonight

I know exactly which plant you mean - Malayan Aqua Fern

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
If it is the one in Gills' picture it is a Selaginella species (possibly S. kraussiana, probably S. wildenowii), and definitely not an aquatic. They are good for under glasshouse staging, vivaria, terrariums, bottle gardens etc.

cheers Darrel

 

[critch]

And the points go to Gill,
its the Selaginella wildenowii yep thats the stuff, so i should stay well away from it then cos its a bog plant ???
Dam it looks so pretty..

they also had red Dracaena's but i have seen them before...

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

its the Selaginella wildenowii yep thats the stuff, so i should stay well away from it then cos its a bog plant ???

No it is not even a bog plant, it is an entirely terrestrial plant (a "Pteridophyte" fern relative ) that grows in shady places.

cheers Darrel