Nearly three years ago, my husband bought me my first terrarium for my birthday. It’s a two-piece plastic dome with feet that separates in the middle. I ordered plants from www.fantastikgardens.com that were supposed to thrive in humid conditions and stay relatively small (and basically they have). I only bought one orchid, a jewel, and several other plants that can produce blooms. This month, for the first time ever, one of the plants bloomed! At this point, I don’t remember the exact names of anything in it, but I’m pretty sure it’s a type of violet. The flowers are a beautiful purple with striations and a little yellow center.
We moved recently and the terrarium is in a window that gets a lot of indirect light – which appears to be a good thing! Since I’ve had the terrarium, I’ve changed the soil once (after removing the plants) when there was some kind of fungus on the top of the dirt. Otherwise, its been extremely low maintenance. I set it up the same way as my other terrariums: a layer of rock, thin layer of charcoal, and then soil on top of that. I take the lid off maybe once a week to air things out a bit and occasionally I add a little water if the soil seems dry. Previously, I kept the terrarium on my desk in two different offices and it did fine – just no blooms.
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