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title: Air plant lantern: a open airy display terrarium recipe
description: An easy open airy display in a lantern of 7.8 L, with 2 plants and 1 moss. a metal-framed lantern with air plants on sand and stone Every layer, plant and...
url: https://glassjar.garden/starter-jars/air-plant-lantern/
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Starter jar · easy

# Air plant lantern
open airy display

easy · Open · lantern

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](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/pea-gravel/), 1.5 cm (0.53 L)
- [Horticultural sand](https://glassjar.garden/guide/soils/horticultural-sand/), 2 cm (0.71 L)

## Stones and wood

- [Cholla wood](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/cholla/), about 12 cm
- 2 x [White river stones](https://glassjar.garden/guide/hardscape/white-river-stone/), about 5 cm

## Plants

- 3 x [Air plant](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/tillandsia-ionantha/)
- [Haworthia](https://glassjar.garden/guide/plants/haworthia/)

## Moss

- [Rock cap moss (Hedwigia)](https://glassjar.garden/guide/moss/hedwigia-ciliata/), 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.

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