Lea

These three terrarium planting projects were designed with both insects and live plants in mind. They all have a base that can hold water and a glass cover with mesh ventilation. I chose similar plants for these setups, so I decided to share them together. Moss Selection and Substrate Layers First, these bioactive terrariums are well ventilated, so they are not a good fit for mosses that need consistently high humidity. At the same time, water can collect in the base. For these setups, I...

This is a simple planting project using Fittonia, maidenhair fern, a Venus flytrap, and a mix of mosses. I almost didn’t share it, but what happened afterward made it worth writing about. Plants and Materials Plants Fittonia (nerve plants) Maidenhair fern Venus flytrap Mosses I used wild-collected moss, mainly a mixture of Bryum moss and Racomitrium moss, with a little Plagiomnium cuspidatum. If you can’t tell them apart in the photos, that’s perfectly normal. The patch I collected was...

Accidental Begonia Propagation: From Broken Leaf to New Plant In the above photo, there’s a tiny begonia leaf right next to the Venus flytrap. Yes, I accidentally knocked it off and casually stuck it into the soil there. It has already rooted. Normally, I wouldn’t choose such a small leaf for propagation. But it had already broken off, so why waste it? Look at the photos below. This begonia is quite small too, isn’t it? That’s because it also grew from a leaf cutting. I don’t remember exactly...