Starter jar · easy
Air plant lantern
open airy display
easyOpenlantern
An easy open airy display in a lantern of 7.8 L, with 2 plants and 1 moss.
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The container
- Glass
- lantern, 22 cm across, 22 cm tall, 7.8 L
- Note
- a metal-framed lantern with air plants on sand and stone
- Lid
- Open
Layers, bottom to top
- Pea gravel, 1.5 cm (0.53 L)
- Horticultural sand, 2 cm (0.71 L)
Stones and wood
- Cholla wood, about 12 cm
- 2 x White river stones, about 5 cm
Plants
Moss
- Rock cap moss (Hedwigia), about 10% cover
Water and light
- Water at build
- 40 ml, distilled or rain
- Watering
- mist the air plants twice a week
- Light
- 20,000 lux, 10 h a day
- Light source
- bright window, some direct sun
How to make it
- Pour the layers, bottom to top: Pea gravel (1.5 cm), Horticultural sand (2 cm).
- Set the hardscape: Cholla wood, 2 x White river stones.
- Plant 3 x Air plant, Haworthia.
- Lay the moss: Rock cap moss (Hedwigia) over about 10% of the ground.
- Water with 40 ml (distilled or rain).
- Leave it open and give it 20,000 lux, 10 h a day: bright window, some direct sun.