Geometric Moon Terrarium Projects: close and open

I have two versions of this geometric moon terrarium: close with door version and open without door version.

I put both of them in the same post to show you how plant perform differently in an open terrarium and close terrarium. So, you can better choose which type of container do you need.

First, this is the close terrarium.

to be simple, those close terrarium with moss, is a low-maintenance propagation station.

The building video of this terrarium is scheduled to be published (I will post link here too).

The plants in this terrarium are: maiden hair fern, Begonia and Pilea. You have never seen such Pilea selling, right? That is because they are freshly cut small branches. When you watch the building video you will realize they have no roots at all.

You may wonder can they survive? The answer is yes. Today, 2 weeks since I build this terrarium, those Pilea have rooted a lot! I just take an update short clip when I am writing this post (on 2025-03-25).

In a close terrarium, there is no need to worry if the plants are well covered or something else. And in the moist environment, they keep what they look like and even better. Take the maiden hair fern for example, I peeled it from a brick wall. If planted normally, here is what will happen: the leaves turn brown and die, days later, new fresh leaves grow out. if the air is too dry for them, new leaves die too but fern is a not-easy-to-die plants, they will always grow back to condition in suitable environment. It is just in most cases, in most of time, you cannot see the beauty of its leaves. In a close terrarium, that is not a problem. It leaves keep growing even its roots are damaged.

I did lots of close terrarium projects for recently I keep moss a lot. And when I planted the open version, I forgot I should bury the roots carefully.

To be continued.

please note: you do not need to use those mini planters. Plant directly. I use them to keep moist and let the moss grow but in an open terrarium, water evaporates fast and it is totally useless.

It needs watering a lot. For the above close terrarium, the water frequency is once a week and this open one, I need to water it every one or two days. For both terrariums, spraying is the only recommended watering method.

The plants: Begonia, Saxifraga, fittonia

Please treat the plants gently, especially for Saxifraga otherwise you will break the stem. Don’t ask me why. You know how I know it.