How do cacti do against west-facing windows? That's quite a lot of sunlight in the summer, this is Central Texas and there's nothing between my window and the sun except a few twigs. Or maybe some sort of scrubby desert planet that wouldn't really care about much of anything?
I wouldn't have to keep specifically wet-foot plants, just the types of plants that don't get mad if kept in a container with pretty much no drainage. I don't have to have some kind of swamp/bog-esque environment, but I thought plants from a bog would be more likely to tolerate soil that doesn't drain at all. Are there any low-light, relatively commonly available plants that like wet soil? Maybe some sort of reed?
A lot of carnivorous plants seem to live in bog-like conditions, and since carnivorous plants don't take in much through their roots, I assume I'd need to feed them something. I'd rather not deal with live insects, but I do have mysis shrimp on hand for my fish. I'm not sure if they'd work, but they're the closest thing I have to bugs. I especially like pitcher plants- would any of them be suitable?
Or what if I put a few inches of stones in the bottom to help with drainage, used leaf litter as mulch, and kept the types of plants that grow in the underbelly of your average forest? There must be some plants in that category that don't mind being wet all the time, especially from places like Californian redwood forests.
