Setting up an Paludarium

Creeping Ficus

Common name:

Creeping Fig

Average Size:

creeping, climbing habit

Sun Exposure:

Partial shade, light shade

Origin:

China, Vietnam, Japan, Australia.

Growth Habits:

Self attaching vine, will grow slowly to cover any size enclosure.

Watering Needs:

Regular moderate watering for optimum growth

Propagation:

Seeds, cuttings under mist, offsets

Pests:

spider mites

Pothos Ivy

Common name:

Pothos Ivy, Golden Pothos, Devil's Ivy

Average Size:

vining habit

Sun Exposure:

Partial shade, light shade

Origin:

Solomon Islands in the Pacific.

Growth Habits:

Self attaching vine, the greater the light the more variegation.

Watering Needs:

evenly to moist to slightly dry.

Propagation:

leaf cuttings with stem nodes and roots

Pests:

two-spotted mites

Maidenhair fern

Common name:

Brittle Maidenhair, Delicate maidenhair fern

Average Size:

maidenhair fern grows 6 - 20 inches

Sun Exposure:

Low to medium light

Origin:

South America.

Growth Habits:

triangle-shaped leaflets with shiny black stems.

Watering Needs:

Keep soil wet at all times.

Propagation:

Divide the rhizomes, the thickened roots from which the leaves sprout.

Parlor Palm

Common name:

Parlor Palm, Table Palm

Average Size:

3` to 4`

Sun Exposure:

Partial shade, light shade

Origin:

Mexico and Guatemala.

Growth Habits:

terrariums, dish gardens to tabletop and Floor containers.

Watering Needs:

evenly moist

Propagation:

easily by seed and sometimes division

Pests:

mostly pest free, could have spider mites.

Polka Dot plant

Common name:

Polka Dot plant, Freckle Face, Measles Plant

Average Size:

Grows 5" to 12" tall

Sun Exposure:

bright light but not full sun

Origin:

Native to Madagascar .

Growth Habits:

keep it pinched back to no taller than about 12 inches.

Watering Needs:

Should be kept slightly moist

Propagation:

by seed, or by cuttings taken at any time.

Air plant

Common name:

Air plant, Tillandsia

Average Size:

Grows 5" to 10" tall

Sun Exposure:

Bright filtered light

Origin:

Mexico to Costa Rica .

Growth Habits:

keep it pinched back to no taller than about 12 inches.

Watering Needs:

Thoroughly wet 2-3 times per week, mist between waterings

Propagation:

offsets

Web Site:

Tillandsia International

Air plant

Common name:

Air plant, Tillandsia

Average Size:

Grows 8" to 12" tall

Sun Exposure:

Bright filtered light

Origin:

Florida, Mexico, and the West Indies to Southern Brazil

Growth Habits:

keep it pinched back to no taller than about 12 inches.

Watering Needs:

Thoroughly wet 2-3 times per week, mist between watering

Propagation:

offsets

Web Site:

Tillandsia International

Duckweed

Common name:

Duckweed

Average Size:

1-15mm  (1/2 inch max)

Light:

low

Origin:

Worldwide

Growth Habits:

prolific, harvest when it becomes too dense.

Water:

PH:	4.5 to 7.5
Hardness:	Soft to hard
temperature:	32°- 90°+ F

Propagation:

seed and vegetatively, thought during the growing season, nearly all plants arise by vegetative reproduction

Banana Plant

Common name:

Banana Plant

Average Size:

6 inches

Light:

Bright, normal or artificial light.

Origin:

The Atlantic coast of North America (mainly Florida).

Growth Habits:

1-2 leaves a month.

Water:

PH:	4.5 to 7.5
Hardness:	medium
temperature:	55°- 80° F

Propagation:

by division of the shoots that grow on the leaf stalks. The shoots will grow tufts of small swollen young roots.

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