Lea

This tall, well vented terrarium is designed for keeping insects as well, like praying mantis. this is the finished project: Building tutorial: I am using cooking foil to hold water, so I can reduce watering frequency and the moss and fern can grow better. plants: The fern: maiden hair fern, and bonston fern. moss collected from my flower pot. top dressing rocks: small black lava, 1-3mm and red lava rocks 5-7cm. its recent status, with a praying mantis living inside.

For this group of terrarium projects, the main plants are carnivorous plants and moss. I used a lot of Fissidens moss in these setups because it works especially well for this style. Of course, I also added a few other plants for contrast and texture, so I’m putting them together in one post. The terrariums used in these projects are also similar. Each one has a base, a cute house shape glass cover which has a small door. The planting area in the base is quite shallow, but that is exactly...

the plants I use: orchid and fissidens moss. Look those fissidens, will upgrade their status later. When the orchid bloom is over, I will replace it with some other tall plant. the rock: black lava how do I stick the fissidens on the rock: it has a little clay soil on the back of fissidens. The terrarium: The planting video: (to be continued)