Some of you may have noticed the 'greening cover', yes, that is moss that grows on everything around here due to all the rain we get. you should give them a bath in soap w little bleach before putting them in sweat chambers to root - I don't think the moss is an issue, I root mine with it, but I wash them - there were too many cuttings to deal with here, so I did not do anything to them prior to sending, except I kept their main trunk in a bucket with water to hydrate them.