Actually, that is not strange at all. Moss does not like wet soil. In fact they always grow on surfaces that remain dry or nearly dry for considerable periods. Their roots serve only to anchor to the substrate. They have no other function. They absorb all their nutrients through their 'leaves'. So when water becomes available they wet the leaves temporarily and does not linger around for long periods.

I also do the other way around. I have succulents like Jade, P. afra, and others with other tropical plants. If they do OK, I know I am not over-watering the plants and top of the soil is drying out in between watering.

Tropicofcancer I’ll be. Thanks for that information. Yeah. I noticed the more often my jade gets watered the greener the moss stays. The drier it almost goes brown into a dormancy. Kind of cool. I love the look too. Heres a picture

This was a year or two ago it’s gotten fuller and yet the jade thrives !

WOW!!! that is SOME thick pad of moss =D

Looks so lush, love it.

That looks beautiful! I love it.

Did you "plant" the moss yourself?

Mike: that looks like it is a bonsai pot. In bonsai it is quite common to place moss on the surface of the soil to give the illusion of a landscape. Usually, it is done when displaying in a show. Subsequently, some of it is removed since moss on soil surface can slow down drying of the soil. Depends on the plant though. So sometimes it is a good thing and sometimes it can be detrimental to the health of the plant.

But it does look nice. Even nicer would be when you two/three different kind of moses with different texture and color.

Just wish the title of this thread made sense grammatically.

SpanishFly, I always 'compliment' you on your plants and try to find the way to be kind and considerate of you, and all you can do is correct me and move on? Lol. Just to let you, I was raised half in Puerto Rico and the other half here in the good ole U.S. So I try my best. And add to that I was posting at a time when I was in extreme pain. If you feel the need to correct me like you have more than once, please feel free to e-mail or message me anytime. I could take a few pointers or lessons from you anyway in private rather than here.

I'll be the first to admit my grammar can s.... at times, but it has never prevented me from being afraid to post here. I decided that years ago)

Besides, I was trying to phrase the title in a way that made my point without running out of space or it could of been worded the way I really wanted it to sound.

Thanks for the time you took to visit and I hope your plants are ready for sleep))

I thought the title made sense. It was tough to read, but it made sense.

Nancy: Not all moss are equal and they have different adaptations. But, in general, they like dry feet. Bark is a nice substrate to hold on to. You will notice that in the forest moss often grows on bark of trees. Bark stays relatively dry and water runs down the tree bringing nutrients with it and does not linger around.

In your picture it looks like, besides moss, there is also algae. Algae requires consistent moisture and long wet conditions are also not a problem for them. In fact, algae will be the first to colonize a wet substrate. Algae are also extremely efficient in converting Sun's energy. Algae can convert 6+ % of Sun's energy, while the best of the best plants can manage around 2%.

Title was fine Mike......

Of course the title made sense! This is plant forum about plants and nothing to do with grammer and little problems with variations of the English Language around the world should not be a worry.

Getting back to plants...Just came back from the Wednesday Working Bee at Little Augusta Golf Club. (Name is a joke).

Growing near the clubhouse is a Jade Plant. Not like the one pictured! Gorgeous and tough as old Harry! Thriving in a garden away from the Fairway watering system. Gorgeous, but not the same as the plant under discussion and that is the problem with common plant names.

Gosh. My grammar must be crazy bad. Try as I might, I didn't find anything wrong with the title.

I'm 50 and a long way from elementary school grammar =S

Plants. They make me happy

=D

Besides, I was trying to phrase the title in a way that made my point without running out of space or it could of been worded the way I really wanted it to sound.

Could HAVE been worded - OF is not a verb

Sorry, myermike, CORRECT it or accept it . And I will NEVER accept poor English grammar - no matter how many of your similarly semi-literate supporters think it is somehow perfectly acceptable.

Glad you like my plants.

so then....my husband, who recently suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, while we were on vacation in Daytona Beach, just this past Father's Day weekend says to me...

I was waiting in line at 711 to pay for my coffee, in front of me, was a realllllly old guy, who took forever to shuffle his way to the register..

The clerk says to him, how are you doing today? (arbitrary greeting)

Old guy grumpily and very loudly says "Today, I saw the ceiling"

Everyone in the store breaks out in laughter, except the confused clerk

This amuses old guy and he walks away with a smirk.

What does all this mean you say?

Life....it's short

=S

Ps...please forgive possible run on sentences, oddly worded and otherwise, life has been pretty hectic around here.

Yes, well I am a really old guy who takes forever to shuffle around - much to many other peoples´ annoyance. But I am still a stickler for good English grammar - also, it would appear, to your, hookllau, and various other peoples´ annoyance.

SpanishFly, thank you for your kind comments. I still wish you could privately message me since I could learn a thing or two.

I’m concerned some might be afraid to post here because of your comments

But I'm sure many are more brave here than we can imagine)

Yes, I do love your plants too.

Mike

(((shaking fist))) hey you kids! Get off my lawn!!

Ok back to my point on the theme please. Let’s stick to that and keep this fun. More pics to come !!!

And please for me, for the sake of this good thread , do not let SpanishFly‘s comments bother you. I like to think it is being said in good faith to help all here to freshen up on our language skills. Free educatIon!

SpanishFly, if you have anything to add other than the grammar thing like what you think of the pictures here or anything else , I would like that )

Just have fun all, and post anyways ! That’s the point of thread.

Yours truly

Mike

English - is a dreadful language (humor ahead and it is long)

We'll begin with box, and the plural is boxes;

But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.

Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese

Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a whole lot of mice,

But the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,

When couldn't the plural of pan be called pen?

The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,

But the plural of vow is vows, not vine.

And I speak of a foot, and you show me your feet,

But I give a boot - would a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,

Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

If the singular is this and plural is these,

Why shouldn't the plural of kiss be nicknamed kese?

Then one may be that, and three may be those,

Yet the plural of hat would never be hose;

We speak of a brother, and also of brethren,

But though we say mother, we never say methren.

The masculine pronouns are he, his and him,

But imagine the feminine she, shis, and shim!

So our English, I think you will all agree,

Is the trickiest language you ever did see.

I take it you already know

Of tough and bough and cough and dough?

Others may stumble, but not you

On hiccough, thorough, slough, and through?

Well done! And now you wish, perhaps

To learn of less familiar traps?

Beware of heard, a dreadful word

That looks like beard and sounds like bird.

And dead; it's said like bed, not bead;

For goodness sake, don't call it deed!

Watch out for meat and great and threat,

(they rhyme with suite and straight and debt)

A moth is not a moth in mother.

Nor both in bother, broth in brother.

And here is not a match for there.

And dear and fear for bear and pear.

And then there's dose and rose and lose --

Just look them up -- and goose and choose.

And cork and work and card and ward,

And font and front and word and sword.

And do and go, then thwart and cart.

Come, come, I've hardly made a start.

A dreadful language? Why, man alive,

I'd learned to talk it when I was five,

And yet to write it, the more I tried,

I hadn't learned it at fifty-five!

Sorry Mike, could not resist posting the above.

Tropic, you are way too funny!

What do you call a bunch of 'mule'? Meese? lol

I am finding it unfortunate that the thread didn't go as planned over the title. Maybe I'm a little ticked that it was more important to beat it death rather than, oh I don't know... maybe comment on my combo pot that I took pics of for this thread or for others to post their photos as Mike had requested.

This is a aeonium (right), it's a winter to Spring grower. The kahlanchoe (left), grows more so in late spring and summer. I suppose if one is dormant, the other will help drink up the moisture.

Wow Nancy. Sorry I didn't notice your way above post until just now. I finally have a few moments to read everything. That's amazing. Several different plants in the same pots all getting the same treatment and doing so well. From plants that like to be on the drier side and full sun to those that like a lot of moisture and not full sun. Incredible. Nice colors too.

Above, wow to that too. Looking good there.

Thanks for your kind words and nice pictures. You certainly know how to add substance, respect, joy, and beauty to this forum.

Mike

Here is a Petunia growing aside my jades and other that like full hot sun and dry conditions. The Petunia I grow in pots by themselves hate the hot sun on the roof, I could never, and they hate to be dry. So how this one does so well is beyond me. It got so big, I had to sadly pull it from that pot.

How about a tomato plant that I just noticed from see growing along side my cactus plant. We know that tomato needs lots of water to survive.Just not right. lol

And now, I noticed another pot in which moss is appearing within a pot that can be dry for days at at time. It turns brown then green again when I water. Not planted, it just popped up.

MIke

Few more

When I have seen the the crazy combinations on my plants, I thought I wasn’t watering properly. But everything seems happy.

Lovely combos, Mike & Nancy!

I have many pots with unlikely bedfellows. Many pics of them in the discussions linked below. I have not been as prolific this year as in past years. Too busy working on weekdays & hot flashes make the prospect of doing anything for more than 5 minutes outside this summer unbearable. I've done little with plants beyond watering them since May.

I LOVE moss! Absolutely love it, but no matter where I try to put it, pill bugs east it within a month or two, whether in a pot or mini garden (in wooden tray with legs).

Current for this year: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5219126/combo-pots-2018#n=27 

Older:

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/4550025/combo-pots-2017#n=34

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/2847837/one-of-my-fav-combo-pots-today#n=91

Tropic, that poem is epic!