introduced species

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for a while I was occasionally traveling to SE Georgia on business.  one of those things I'd always meant to do, without ever getting around to it, was to bring back some Spanish moss to see how it would do in the space under the high ceiling over the tub.  orchids and other epiphytes have done well there in the past, and for a couple of years now a Platycerium (staghorn fern) has been hanging on the wall quite happily.  periodic humidity from shower use and indirect light from the skylight is all it needs. 

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last weekend presented an opportunity to collect a couple of windfall specimens from the grounds of the old A.C.L. depot in Folkston GA and today I finally got around to giving them  a habitat  somewhere to hang out. 
 

Tillandsia usneoides

I'm hoping they weren't harmed by having spent a few days in a zip seal plastic bag.  it's not clear how long they had been on the ground, they couldn't have liked that either.  with any luck, though, they will recover from the indignities and settle in. 

the staghorn and spider plant winter over in the bathroom but summer out on the porch.  it might not be feasible for the Spanish moss to do likewise.