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by Adam Fulford

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.