My 'houseplants' have been doing great. Who knew? I love growing terrarium style in open top old aquariums.
My Alocasia cuprea is trying to bust out the top!

The newest leave is dessert plate size


The little undescribed Solanum sp. vine from Black Jungle has gone from a teeny 5" cutting to a multi-vines plant, one arm of which has run 2 feet over the floor and all the way up the side and out of the tank. (Need to redirect it or attach some sort of totem for it to continue on). Its leaves have gone from less than 1/2 inch to over an inch and are becoming fluted on the sides





Orchids doing great! Masdevallia horrida always in bloom


Marcgravias have taken off in a big way


Dischidia imbricata has grown at least 6". Another velvety little Marcgravia


Its a jungle in there!


Alocasia infernalis loving the high light. Look at those anthocyanins emerging in the newest leaf!


I'm pleased with my tank. Its so much more fun (for me) doing it this way than growing everything out is separate little pots.

That looks healthy!! Did I spot a Ludisia discolor in there?

Yes! I have a few Ludisias and a couple Rattlesnake orchids. I am unsure of the exact names on the Rattlesnakes....the tags were lost years ago. They were rescues from the greenhouse.

One of the things I like about growing in these planted aquaria is that you can visualize the root systems on a lot of the plants


This is one of my smaller tanks


And the red backside of the Alocasia cuprea leaves are so stunning with the light shining through from above

Close up in smaller tank







The humidity is easy to keep 80-90% in here too with the water layer in the aliflor in the bottoms evaporating up and using the foggers once or twice a day. The Jewel Alocasias and orchids love it

Wonderful!
Usually Orchids like Goodyera pubescens and similar are called commonly Rattlesnake Orchids.

I'll show you you may know. I had a couple types. Goodyera, Anoectochilus...its the one to the right of the Ludisia in photo #3

Those beautifully reddish patterned leaves to the right are surely Anoectochilus.

Ahhh!!!! I have the tag for that one. Just did not have it on a plant. If I can find it...

Can;t find it. I had a Macodes too and a Dossinia

@Ursula at one time I was possessed of Macodes sanderiana x Ludisia discolor var. alba, Anoectochilus chiapaensis, and Dossinia marmorata in addition to Ludisia discolor. I also have 2 other tiny starts of a jewel that I found in the GH in my other tank....let me photograph them, I will add them to this post as an edit

This is one of them. They have not grown by leaps and bounds since I brought them in, the stems are nice and firm though. They were very tiny with I found them whilst weeding one day

Would it help if I post some old "Jewel Orchid" pictures of mine?
The Ludisia discolor is surely the easiest. There is also a black version of that around, it looks the same without the veining.

Ludisia discolor v. nigricans

Macodes petola

Anoectochilus chapaensis

Goodyera schlechtendaliana

Cyclopogon elatus

Stenorrhynchos speciosum


Hope that helps a bit?.