Terrarium Tips & Tricks

A stunning colour combination of a bright green leaf with red veins. Plant in small groups. Will spread but remains low growing.

Fittonia red
Has narrower leaves and remains quite small. Best planted in small groups.

Fittonia lemon
A citrus colour with wider leaves. This Fittonia can grow slightly larger.

Fittonia white
White veins on a dark green leaf. Low growing with a spreading habit. Plant in small groups.

Peperomia rotundifolia
Vibrant green, round leaves. Works well for ground cover and infill. Like to creep with new growth being a brighter green.

Peperomia angulata
Has dark green, striped, angular leaves. Good for ground cover and can be used as a feature plant.

Peperomia verticillata
The leaves form discs around the stems. Grows with a tumbling habit.

Peperomia mixed
The range of Peperomias is very extensive and varied - there’s a wide choice of leaf colours and shapes.

Ball / Pillow Moss
Use in groups or form into a larger single piece. Makes a nice edging detail. Good for creating a Japanese garden look.

Has narrower leaves and remains quite small. Best planted in small groups.

A citrus colour with wider leaves. This Fittonia can grow slightly larger.

White veins on a dark green leaf. Low growing with a spreading habit. Plant in small groups.

Vibrant green, round leaves. Works well for ground cover and infill. Like to creep with new growth being a brighter green.

Peperomia angulata
Has dark green, striped, angular leaves. Good for ground cover and can be used as a feature plant.

Peperomia verticillata
The leaves form discs around the stems. Grows with a tumbling habit.

Peperomia mixed
The range of Peperomias is very extensive and varied - there’s a wide choice of leaf colours and shapes.

Ball / Pillow Moss
Use in groups or form into a larger single piece. Makes a nice edging detail. Good for creating a Japanese garden look.

Has dark green, striped, angular leaves. Good for ground cover and can be used as a feature plant.

Peperomia verticillata
The leaves form discs around the stems. Grows with a tumbling habit.

Peperomia mixed
The range of Peperomias is very extensive and varied - there’s a wide choice of leaf colours and shapes.

Ball / Pillow Moss
Use in groups or form into a larger single piece. Makes a nice edging detail. Good for creating a Japanese garden look.

The leaves form discs around the stems. Grows with a tumbling habit.

Peperomia mixed
The range of Peperomias is very extensive and varied - there’s a wide choice of leaf colours and shapes.

Ball / Pillow Moss
Use in groups or form into a larger single piece. Makes a nice edging detail. Good for creating a Japanese garden look.

The range of Peperomias is very extensive and varied - there’s a wide choice of leaf colours and shapes.

Ball / Pillow Moss
Use in groups or form into a larger single piece. Makes a nice edging detail. Good for creating a Japanese garden look.

Use in groups or form into a larger single piece. Makes a nice edging detail. Good for creating a Japanese garden look.

Grows with some roots - aerial roots – exposed, enhancing their ‘jungle’ like quality. Should be pruned periodically to maintain size and shape.

Adiantum raddianum rragrans (Maiden Hair Fern)
A small growing attractive plant with vibrant green leaves.

Adiantum tenerum scutum roseum
The new growth of this fern has a pink tinge.

Asparagus plumosus
Very fine bright green foliage, held from delicate branches forming many layers.

Asplenium antiquum (Birds-nest fern)
A slow growing plant with attractive bright green strap like leaves.

Cryptanthus mixed (red)
Small growing with irregular, spiny leaves. Can produce small flowers in the centre of the plant. Often develops side shoots which grow into new plants.

Cryptanthus mixed
Available in various shapes and sizes. Grow close to the ground and can be as small as 3 inches tall.

Neoregelia Fireball
Small growing with pink / purple flushed leaves. Can be grown in soil or on branches (epiphytically).

Also known as Maiden Hair Fern
A small growing attractive plant with vibrant green leaves.

Adiantum tenerum scutum roseum
The new growth of this fern has a pink tinge.

Asparagus plumosus
Very fine bright green foliage, held from delicate branches forming many layers.

Asplenium antiquum (Birds-nest fern)
A slow growing plant with attractive bright green strap like leaves.

Cryptanthus mixed (red)
Small growing with irregular, spiny leaves. Can produce small flowers in the centre of the plant. Often develops side shoots which grow into new plants.

Cryptanthus mixed
Available in various shapes and sizes. Grow close to the ground and can be as small as 3 inches tall.

Neoregelia Fireball
Small growing with pink / purple flushed leaves. Can be grown in soil or on branches (epiphytically).

The new growth of this fern has a pink tinge.

Very fine bright green foliage, held from delicate branches forming many layers.

Also known as Birds-Nest Fern
A slow growing plant with attractive bright green strap like leaves.

Small growing with irregular, spiny leaves. Can produce small flowers in the centre of the plant. Often develops side shoots which grow into new plants.

Available in various shapes and sizes. Grow close to the ground and can be as small as 3 inches tall.

Small growing with pink / purple flushed leaves. Can be grown in soil or on branches (epiphytically).

A small variety ideal for your biOrb AIR. Grows epiphytically so should be planted with the roots semi exposed. Can be made to reflower.

Ceratostylis retisquama
The plant has a rambling growth habit and leaves which are round on one side but flat on the other (semi-terete). Grows epiphytically or in free draining substrate. Produces a single, red-orange flower. Can be made to re-flower.

Haraella ordorata
Miniature fan shaped plants with leaves about 4cm long and 1cm wide. Well grown plants frequently flower all year. The attractive, pleasant smelling, yellow and purple flowers are held away from the plant.

Psygmorchis pusilla
A miniature plant with leaves arranged in a fan shape. Produces a succession of yellow flowers held away from the plant.

Ornithidium sophrontis
Compact with a creeping habit.

Ornithophora radicans
A true miniature with delicate white & brown flowers and grass like leaves.

The plant has a rambling growth habit and leaves which are round on one side but flat on the other (semi-terete). Grows epiphytically or in free draining substrate. Produces a single, red-orange flower. Can be made to re-flower.

Haraella ordorata
Miniature fan shaped plants with leaves about 4cm long and 1cm wide. Well grown plants frequently flower all year. The attractive, pleasant smelling, yellow and purple flowers are held away from the plant.

Psygmorchis pusilla
A miniature plant with leaves arranged in a fan shape. Produces a succession of yellow flowers held away from the plant.

Ornithidium sophrontis
Compact with a creeping habit.

Ornithophora radicans
A true miniature with delicate white & brown flowers and grass like leaves.

Miniature fan shaped plants with leaves about 4cm long and 1cm wide. Well grown plants frequently flower all year. The attractive, pleasant smelling, yellow and purple flowers are held away from the plant.

Psygmorchis pusilla
A miniature plant with leaves arranged in a fan shape. Produces a succession of yellow flowers held away from the plant.

Ornithidium sophrontis
Compact with a creeping habit.

Ornithophora radicans
A true miniature with delicate white & brown flowers and grass like leaves.

A miniature plant with leaves arranged in a fan shape. Produces a succession of yellow flowers held away from the plant.

Ornithidium sophrontis
Compact with a creeping habit.

Ornithophora radicans
A true miniature with delicate white & brown flowers and grass like leaves.

Compact with a creeping habit.

Ornithophora radicans
A true miniature with delicate white & brown flowers and grass like leaves.

A true miniature with delicate white & brown flowers and grass like leaves. 

Has a tall bract sprouting from a cluster of leaves. The bract changes from green to bright pink when the plant flowers. Each flower is purple and has three petals. Petals may not last long, but the bract remains pink for many weeks.

Perfect for your biOrb AIR, this plant has long, grassy looking leaves.

Small plant producing a dense rosette of green leaves which take on a vivid red hue around flowering. Blooms are neon violet.

Starts life with velvet like soft, dense green leaves. Colour changes to beautiful hues of pink and cardinal red as it starts to emit purple, pink, and yellow blooms.

Tillandsia fillifolia
Small with many, very fine leaves in rosette.

Tillandsia ionantha fuego
Makes up for its small size with its intensely neon red colouration around flowering time. Blooms are deep, velvety purple. 

Tillandsia Tricolor Melanocrater
Gets its name from its multi-coloured flower stems. Elegant long, stiff leaves turn almost entirely red around flowering season.

Small with many, very fine leaves in rosette.

Tillandsia ionantha fuego
Makes up for its small size with its intensely neon red colouration around flowering time. Blooms are deep, velvety purple. 

Tillandsia Tricolor Melanocrater
Gets its name from its multi-coloured flower stems. Elegant long, stiff leaves turn almost entirely red around flowering season.

Makes up for its small size with its intensely neon red colouration around flowering time. Blooms are deep, velvety purple. 

Tillandsia Tricolor Melanocrater
Gets its name from its multi-coloured flower stems. Elegant long, stiff leaves turn almost entirely red around flowering season.

Gets its name from its multi-coloured flower stems. Elegant long, stiff leaves turn almost entirely red around flowering season.

Probably the most famous carnivorous plant. Trap closes when an insect touches several of the small hairs on the inside. Traps only activate 3-4 times before turning black and dying. Drosera Aliceae (Honey dew plant) Leaves are covered with hairs, each one having a sticky dew drop to trap insects.

Pinquicula
Has bright green leaves arranged in a circle. Produces a succession of purple flowers held aloft on stems. Flowers exude a sticky sap to attract and ensnare insects.

Sarracenia
A ‘pitcher’ plant which comes in a variety of colours and sizes. Insects are attracted to the mouth of the pitcher where they slip and fall inside.

Heliamphora nutans x heterdoxa
Small with bright green pitchers reaching approximately 10 cm high.

Has bright green leaves arranged in a circle. Produces a succession of purple flowers held aloft on stems. Flowers exude a sticky sap to attract and ensnare insects.

Sarracenia
A ‘pitcher’ plant which comes in a variety of colours and sizes. Insects are attracted to the mouth of the pitcher where they slip and fall inside.

Heliamphora nutans x heterdoxa
Small with bright green pitchers reaching approximately 10 cm high.

A ‘pitcher’ plant which comes in a variety of colours and sizes. Insects are attracted to the mouth of the pitcher where they slip and fall inside.

Heliamphora nutans x heterdoxa
Small with bright green pitchers reaching approximately 10 cm high.

Small with bright green pitchers reaching approximately 10 cm high.

• Aloe
• Conophytum
• Echeveria
• Haworthia
• Sansevieria
• Sempervivum
• Senecio
• Austrocylindropuntia
• Astrophytum
• Cleistocactus
• Dolichothele
• Echinopsis
• Ferocactus
• Lobivia
• Mammillaria
• Crassula
• Lithops
• Euphorbia lactea compacta
• Parodia magnifica
• Acanthocereus tetragonus