Attached plants
- Natural terrarium decoration
- Durable moss cushions
- Freshly green when moist, silvery white when dry
- Small Grey Tillandsia from Mesoamerica
- About 5 - 8 cm high
- Contrasting colours during bloom
- Large bromeliad from Venezuela
- Impressive leaf pattern
- Flaming red inflorescence
- The smallest Neoregelia species
- 5 to 8 cm leaf rosette
- Green, reddish-brown spotted leaves
- Pretty blue flowers
- Ideal for small rainforest terrariums
- Medium sized funnel bromeliad
- Varigated leaves
- Popular ornamental bromeliad
- Very attractive
- Suitable for rainforest terrariums
- Large epiphytic fern from tropical Asia
- Reptile skin-like leaf structure
- Rosette-like growth habit
- Recommended for large rainforest terrariums
- Also suitable as a ground plant
- Small rainforest Tillandsia from Brazil
- Grows on rock in the nature
- Form with reddish foliage
- Fine-leaved epiphyte from Central America
- Graceful, small plant
- Suitable for rainforest terrariums
- Small Tillandsia from Central America
- About 5 - 8 cm high
- Peachy-red leaves during bloom
- Small Tillandsia from Central America
- About 5 - 8 cm high
- Contrasting colours during bloom
- Striking Tillandsia selection from eastern Mexico
- Relatively small, compact rosette
- Light green to light yellow leaves during flowering time
- White flowers
- Epiphyte from Central America
- Snake-like curved leaves
- For desert or steppe terrariums
- Epiphyte from Mexico and Guatemala
- Special selection
- For desert or steppe terrariums
- Flat ground cover from Central America
- Velvety green foliage
- White fringed flowers
- Small funnel bromeliad from Brazil
- Bright colours
- Popular ornamental bromeliad
- Very attractive
- Suitable for small rainforest terrariums
- Small funnel bromeliad
- Colourful leaves
- Popular ornamental bromeliad
- Very attractive
- Suitable for small rainforest terrariums
- Medium sized funnel bromeliad from Brazil
- Red-brown striped leaf undersides
- Tongue-shaped lanceolate leaves
- Small flowers deep in the funnel
- Suitable for rainforest terrariums
- Originates from South America
- Bromeliad family
- Epiphytic growth
- Lance-shaped, striped leaves
- Thrives at 18 - 27 °C
- Originates from South America
- Bromeliad family
- Epiphytic growth
- Tricoloured leaves (green, white, pink)
- Thrives at 18 - 28 °C
- Originates from South America
- Bromeliad family
- Epiphytic growth
- Green leaves with white/cream stripes
- Thrives at 18 - 28 °C
- Originates from South America
- Bromeliad family
- Epiphytic growth
- Green leaves with red spots
- Thrives at 18 - 28 °C
- Endemic to Brazil
- Bromeliad family
- Epiphytic growth
- Green leaves, reddish tips
- Thrives at 18 - 28 °C
- Orchid with Himalayan origin
- Hanging flower clusters
- White, fragrant flowers
- Prefers cool temperatures
- Humidity loving
Terrarium plants - Perennials - Green up your terrarium!
Especially in the tropics and subtropics, many plants grow as epiphytes. Epiphytes grow on trees and shrubs, while plants on rocks are called lithophytes or epiliths. Some of the same species occur as both epiphytes and lithophytes, while others are more specialised. Epiphytes often have special adaptations to hold on and obtain sufficient water and nutrients, such as adhesive roots, water-storing "cisterns" or humus-collecting leaves. Some are in symbiosis with ants. Many epiphytes need a certain layer of loose substrate in which to root and can also be kept as ground or pot plants. However, there are also very "air plants" that only form adhesive roots or are completely rootless. Tillandsias, for example, absorb water and nutrients from precipitation and moist air via suction scales on their leaves, while orchids do this via a special layer of cells on their aerial roots.