select the appropriate industrial plant for your terrarium is very important . All of the plants must be compact , slow - growing , and involve the same growing conditions in club to survive . Use plants that need the same amount of water and sunshine . Small nicety and water be intimate plants such as miniature orchids , begonia , English ivy and fern are good choice for a terrarium .
Miniature Orchids
Miniature orchid do very well in the strong , dampish conditions that terrariums supply . Pleurothallis is a genus of miniature orchidaceous plant with 1,200 species . The pleurothallis barbulata is a flyspeck orchidaceous plant that grows no more than 1 column inch . It has bright orangish flowers with a dark red or purple overlay . Pleurothallis grobyi has purplish leaves about 3 inch tenacious with bright yellow flower . Pleurothallis flexuosa grow to about 4 inches tall . The chickenhearted and regal spotted flowers bloom all year long and are covered with white fleece - comparable hairs . These miniature orchids know the eminent humidity that terrarium provide and many plants can be hold in a small space .
Begonias
Many begonia species are well suited to the terrarium where they will add a splash of colour not only from their flowers , but also from their leaf . Begonia " Little Darling " is a clean , miniature begonia with 1 - in folio marked with chocolate-brown and chartreuse immature . It has a mounding wont and matures to 6 to 8 inches improbable . Begonia thelmae var . Major is an easy - to - grow variety with 2 inch transfuse leaves that are dark green above and mystifying burgundy below . It has a creeping habit and produces a few pinkish - snowy flower throughout the year . Begonia bipinnatifida is a rare species with fine , needle - comparable leave-taking that are glowering green with a deep burgundy bottom . These plants now and again produce small , pink heyday .
Miniature Ivy
Hedera coil is a miniature ivy with tiny , pointed , dark fleeceable leaves . Also called " Itsy Bitsy , " this Hedera helix develop in small , bushy mounds . Hedera helix " Oak Leaf " is the easiest to grow of all the miniature ivies . It has dark green , oak tree - foliage foliation . Hedera whorl " Spetchley " is a small ivy with compact , woody , non-white stem and tiny , deep green , bird ’s foot - form leave . All of these ivy plants are ideal for terrarium as they are small - impart and have a small growth habit .
Ferns
Lemon button fern ( nephrolepsis cordifolia ) outride less than 12 inches grandiloquent and sends creeping runners that sprout novel plantlet . It has long strand of nearly round chartreuse frondlets . When actively produce , it has a pernicious lemon scent . Adiantum raddianum fragrantissimum has elegant , arching , blackish stanch that accent the dark , minute fans of this heirloom " Maidenhair fern . " Adiantum raddianum pacotti has vertical , heavyset fronds covered with profoundly lobed segments forge like tear .
