Terrarium Plants?

[Iceblink]

Does anyone here have a terrarium? What kinds of plants have worked best for you?

I won't have it for more than a few months, so relatively fast growing is ok.

Have you ever used Norfolk Island Pine?

Thanks for your responses.

 

[beefy]

i sort of do. mine is just llike a big cookie jar with a heartleaf philodendron in it.

 

[Reinbeau]

There is no way a Norfolk Island Pine would ever fit in a terrarium! I've always been interested, but have never had one. Here is a Google search that might get you started.

 

[patandchickens]

I used to do terrariums in grad school (I know it sort of seems like I used to do *everything* in grad school, but, what can I say, I did and terrariums are a good way of separating cats and plants )

So if you have any particular questions I might be able to help some.

DO NOT even consider a Norfolk Island Pine. My mom grows them in the dining room and has to give them away to libraries etc when they start brushing the 8' ceiling, and has even thrown one or two away over the years when she couldn't find a sucker to take it. They are TREES


Pat

 

[robbobbin]

I do terrariums. I have 3 going right now. One is a huge glass antique bottle that would accommodate a Norfolk Pine(but I'm currently using it to root some gardenia cuttings), and you can get very small Norfolk pines. BUT the humidity produced inside a terrarium is more than a Norfolk Pine would like-IMO

 

[ivan3]

For a short haul I'd expect Philodendrons, Spider plants, wandering Jews would be great. They grow fast and require minimal attention with sufficient light.

I don't use terrariums, per se. But do extend the life of cut flowers to unusual lengths with low tech cat proofing: