Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
A Tropical Jungle In a Bottle
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Create a tropical terrarium: a jungle in a jar! Imagine staring into the lush plants and flowers of a miniature tropical landscape. Some jungle terrariums even have tiny waterfalls.
Some Tropical Plants Considered To Be Well-Suited For Tropical Terrariums
- Terrariums
- Bromeliads
- Aroids
- epiphytic ferns
- Selaginella
- Begonias
- Epiphytic Orchids
- Calatheas
- Gesneriads
- Philodendron
- Dieffenbachia
- Croton
- Peperomias
Tropical terrariums may need some sort of heating system: This is to maintain ideal temperatures for tropical plants. One way to heat tropical terrariums is with a fish tank heater for 10 gallon fish tanks, placed in an appropriately sized container of filtered water.
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