Terrarium idea

[TylerK]

Hi all,

In the classic terrarium the base is usually covered with a layer of gravel for drainage followed by a layer of some kind of moss or bark in which one would grow the plants. Is it possible instead to turn the whole terrarium into one enclosed orchid mount assuming that all I want to grow in there are epiphites?

My idea...adapted from something I saw on the Black Jungle website:

Spray foam the whole tank (bottom, back and sides) in which would be embedded pieces of cypress and cork. Carved into the base would be a small pond which would serve as drainage for my misting/fogging systems. There would be no gravel or bark in the bottom as one would normally find in a standard terrarium. Ideally I would have orchids growing on the cork and cypress with moss eventually covering the areas in-between.

Does this make any sense?

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