My large terrarium--pictures

[Elmley]

Peter, what I especiaally like about your terrarium is the profusion of colour, which to my eye is like a magical coral-reef effect. I'm in the middle of setting up, and your pics have inspired me to abandon the all-green effect and go for colour too. A few questions if I may: what kind of watering system (if any) do you use? And for how long do you run the lights and the fan? Cheers, Elmley.

[minicatt]

I water/mist the mounted plants daily. The plants in pots generally need water about once a week.
I do change out a couple of plants in bloom to add color.

The lights and fan are run about 14 hours a day.
My only issue so far has been slightly warm temps in the summer (to 86 degrees), and a runaway slug!
Peter.

[Dorothy]

Slug!
Eww .. those slimey buggers .. I don't like those things .. they ate my calla lily bulbs this past spring

[Tindomul]

Those B's!!!!!! How dare they touch your Calla lillies! By the way, mine are going dormant now.

[Neverend]

Wow there's so many different plants there, Pinguiculas, a xerogryphica, Episcia 'Silver Skies', bromeliads, jewel orchids, very nice!