Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #86, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Rachel ... that is one really, really nice Dischidia! Looks like D. ovata: http://www.dischidia.com/dischidia_ovata.htm I've always confused that one with a Hoya ... there are a couple of Hoyas with foliage almost identical. I will have to google to see if I can see what the blooms look like on that one.

Yes, I have a few terrariums. One is a 10 gal. aquarium, no special light ... just the one that came with it. I really need to find some miniature plants because it seems like everything I've planted in that one outgrows the space quickly. I've had Fern, Fittonia, small leaf Philodendrons, Pilea and African Violets among other plants in there. A friend gave me a large octagon aquarium this summer that I planted up and I've been having trouble keeping plants happy in that one, more than likely the light isn't intense enough and it's a deep tank so the plants are pretty far from the lights. I like planting in glass containers too. I have a few with lids and if it doesn't have a lid I will try to find something to sit on top, or cover the top with saran wrap to keep moisture in. I sit them on a table beneath a lamp and they seem to do well.

I rarely see Dischidia for sale down this way, don't know why. I have a D. ruscifolia ("Million Hearts") that I bought a few years ago and I haven't see any Dischidia at a garden center since!

This is my D. ruscifolia a couple of weeks ago ... now it's hiding under a blanket somewhere on the porch!