GoodKarma19
Chameleon Enthusiast
I made a few more changes to the terrarium, and figured I was due for an update!
The Meyers lemon has been struggling a little, but has been perking up after being fed so I think it was a deficiency of some variety. I may end up replacing it with a hibiscus at some point, depending on how well it recovers! I introduced "wingergreen" club moss and a purple wandering jew at the substrate level as well as some carpet moss, moved a couple airplants around/ separated two of my neoregalia brom pups, and added a trio of jewel orchids. So stoked to have found them locally!!
I've lost the battle with keeping the moss in the upper 1/4 of the terrarium alive, but I don't mind the yellowed look. It's kind of neat, even! Adds a little more color. Maybe one day I'll dig down to the substrate level and add a circulating pump so that I can get some drip lines going... for now, I'll live with it! It just dries out too quickly with quantum boards, and it's a losing battle.
Enclosure: 36x18x36 ExoTerra. Front glass doors have been replaced by a screen panel for better airflow (mostly because I dropped/shattered a door)
Lighting: x2 HLG 65 quantum boards, suspended 8" off the top, as well as a 36" 5.0 UVB.
Watering: MistKing, running at 7a, 2p, 7p, 10p (quick spritz to up humidity) for 12 minutes accumulated. I also handmist the moss ~once a day in any spots that the nozzles don't reach - I need another 1-2 nozzles for full coverage, I think!
Plant List (in no particular order):
Front:
Left across:
Right across:
Close up of the right side, one of my favorite parts of the build:
And for the plant nerds that love jewel orchids as much as I do...
Macodes sanderiana
Macodes petola
Dossinia marmorata
The Meyers lemon has been struggling a little, but has been perking up after being fed so I think it was a deficiency of some variety. I may end up replacing it with a hibiscus at some point, depending on how well it recovers! I introduced "wingergreen" club moss and a purple wandering jew at the substrate level as well as some carpet moss, moved a couple airplants around/ separated two of my neoregalia brom pups, and added a trio of jewel orchids. So stoked to have found them locally!!
I've lost the battle with keeping the moss in the upper 1/4 of the terrarium alive, but I don't mind the yellowed look. It's kind of neat, even! Adds a little more color. Maybe one day I'll dig down to the substrate level and add a circulating pump so that I can get some drip lines going... for now, I'll live with it! It just dries out too quickly with quantum boards, and it's a losing battle.
Enclosure: 36x18x36 ExoTerra. Front glass doors have been replaced by a screen panel for better airflow (mostly because I dropped/shattered a door
)Lighting: x2 HLG 65 quantum boards, suspended 8" off the top, as well as a 36" 5.0 UVB.
Watering: MistKing, running at 7a, 2p, 7p, 10p (quick spritz to up humidity) for 12 minutes accumulated. I also handmist the moss ~once a day in any spots that the nozzles don't reach - I need another 1-2 nozzles for full coverage, I think!
Plant List (in no particular order):
- Meyer's Lemon
- polkadot plants
- "wintergreen" club moss (Selaginella kraussiana)
- varigated creeping fig
- creeping fig
- Various mosses (locally foraged)
- various airplants (tillandsia sp.)
- fluffy ruffles boston fern
- macodes sanderiana (jewel orchid)
- macodes petola (jewel orchid)
- dossinia marmorata (jewel orchid)
- varigated heart leaf philodendron
- neon philodendron
- lipstick vine (Aeschynanthus sp.)
- flaming sword bromeliad
- Neoregalia chiquita Linda
- neoregalia Fireball
- neoregalia gorion
Front:
Left across:
Right across:
Close up of the right side, one of my favorite parts of the build:
And for the plant nerds that love jewel orchids as much as I do...
Macodes sanderiana
Macodes petola
Dossinia marmorata
