How about Bucephalandras? They're apparently one of the plants that's technically a marginal, but can be grown underwater. The "Dark Skeleton King" variant is really neat.
Anyone know how aggressive the Fissidens moss species are? I'd like to get some to put it in some of the really wet spots, I love the texture. And I know most (if not all) mosses should be kept out from directly around micro-minis, since they'll clamber over the top. But is Fissidens particularly bad about that? Or, alternately, it one of the mosses that needs a ton of moisture and would probably grow best immediately around any water?
I see there are different species of Fissidens available, and I'm having a hard time finding much information about the different species in terrariums. I just found a picture somewhere (and promptly lost it) that had a really pretty bowl terrarium with a particularly fern-like Fissidens growing in the bottom. Also a swarm of L. telipogoniflora blooms all over the wood.
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Oh, any info on Begonia Vankerckhovenii? I found a seller with exactly 1 in stock, and had to grab it. I like the funny little flowers, and I've seen it recommended for terrariums. It sounds like the biggest difficulty is that they don't like water on their leaves, which might be a bit tricky in this setup. I guess I'll have to make sure I put it somewhere out of the direct range of the mister, but where its substrate will still wick up water.
Looks like these might be one that will eventually start to grow into a big clump and need some good pruning, but, hey! Free cuttings.
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