Photos / Sounds

What

Frillworts (Genus Fossombronia)

Observer

coniontises

Date

November 12, 2022 04:57 PM PST

Description

All pics were taken in ex situ soil. Photographed 02/11/2023, collected 11/12/2022.

Culture protocol: sand tray watered to near-maximal saturation each morning, allowed to become somewhat damp-dry overnight. Tolerates some direct sunlight but bright indirect may be better.

Note that it (and seemingly all other Marchantiophyta in the county) become injured and may eventually die if both wetted and fully-dehydrated within a day (excessively rapid dehydration presumably prevents the poikilohydry-tolerance mechanisms from initiating properly, as is true with a # of mosses).

Photos / Sounds

Observer

monoeye

Date

December 19, 2023 05:57 PM PST

Description

On Rush milkweed at night