My three foot long brancharium with rare miniature tropical plants and moss. Tons of people over the years have asked how I made this. I just released a super detailed video showing every single step from start to finish, in case anyone wants to try making something similar or just to learn.

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Lamparium - how I made it (see comment)

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Dryadella lilliputiana, one of the cutest micro orchids I've ever seen, next to my finger for scale. Plant is being grown by my friend in his magical greenhouse with hundreds of other orchids, ferns, gesneriads, and more.

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Triplets of a stunning mushroom in my tropical plant bin. This species of fungus has been coming and going frequently for several weeks now. I am in love with it and hope it doesn't go away. In the wide shot, note the powdery spores on the plants and substrate below the mushroom.

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A 29 gallon tall, low-tech, display paludarium. Contains about 70 species of micro orchids, ferns, moss, and other plants.

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My latest work, the 35 long Brancharium.

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Dendrobium toressae, a species from Australia which has crassulate foliage with interesting texture. Quite drought tolerant. I had one of these survive one month with zero light and zero water! One of my fave mini species of orchids. This one is in my grow tent with lots of other miniature tropicals

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Cliffside Ping Jar

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Random pic I found today of an amazing micro orchid growing epiphyllously (which means it is growing on the leaves of another plant). It's Phymatidium delicatulum. Original https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=123738858437852&set=pcb.569551623395109&type=3&theater&ifg=1

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Cliffside Ping Jar

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My latest work, titled Crown Forest. This 12 gallon, high-clarity tank features a dramatic stump and roots protruding out of a clay slope. Plants include Microgramma, Reldia, Adiantum, moss, and liverworts.

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Cliffside Ping Jarrarium - many people have asked how I made this terrarium. I have made a video explaining it. See comments for link and other info.

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Not sure if you'd consider this a vivarium, but here is my 36 brancharium. Aquatop high clarity pano tank. Cork bark, with tropical orchids, ferns, bryophytes, and other plants. Attempted to emulate a tropical tree branch, with use of a fogger to add some cloud forest ambience for the photo.

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Buce Ravine Terrarium (link to more pics and info in comments)

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Speckled undersides of foliage on Specklinia microphylla (formerly Pleurothallis). A super cool micro orchid, great for terrariums / vivariums. Grow as epiphyte, good drainage but moist, low / med light, humid. As a micro and miniature plant addicted, I really love this one.

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My three foot long Brancharium.

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Paludarium, 29 gallon tall. Old pic from its heyday (9 yrs ago). This tank has long since declined and is due for a revamp, but continues to house my Cynops pyrrhogaster Sasayame, which is close to 30 years old now. See comments for link to the build profile page with more details and plant list.

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I'm going to assume that liverworts are close enough in topic to mosses, and are under-appreciated IMO. This is a stunning, extremely small, leafy liverwort. probably family Lophocoleaceae.

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Cliffside Ping Jar Terrarium - Many people have asked how I made this, so I have created a video on my YT channel. https://youtu.be/mAmw_NssmVw

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Forest's Edge Kusamono. When the idea for this kusamono came to mind, I envisioned a tree stump in the space where a woodland forest meets an open meadow on an early Summer day. More info in comments.

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A bunch of things growing epiphytically in the palu. Lemmaphyllum microphyllum, Diodonopsis erinacea, Sinningia muscicola, Haraella retrocalla, ferns, etc.

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Believe it or not, this is almost fully grown. It's a micro fern species from Ecuador. Possibly genus Asplenium. It gets fronds about twice as long as you see here, at max size. One of my fave rare mini plants (and I have tons of rare mini plants, so that's saying a lot)

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Begonia hoehneana, a delightful miniature species from Brazil, which grows on calcareous rocks around caves. One of my favorite plants of all time. I prefer to grow this in low/med light, keep humid and moist, and avoid leaving foliage wet for too long. IMO, does best with a bit of air movement.

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Dryadella lilliputiana, one of the cutest micro orchids I've ever seen, next to my finger for scale. Plant is being grown by my friend in his magical greenhouse with hundreds of other orchids, ferns, gesneriads, and more. #micro and #mini plants for life!!! BTW my YT channel is all about mini plants

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Flashback to the old 10G drip-wall tank that I built for a friend. This was a fun project, and one which taught me many things. Learn exactly how I made this by watching my video series (link in comments)

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Extremely excited to find this group! My entire collection is comprised of primarily rare plants, especially miniature species. Can't wait to share a bunch of pics. This one is an unidentified Ecuadorian species in the family Melastomataceae. BTW I have a site and YT all about rare and mini plants

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10 Gallon Vertical Drip Wall I built for a friend. Mopani wood with a foam and Hygrolon bg. Riccia, moss, Bucephalandra, etc. My YouTube channel has an entire series showing how I made this.

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Crown Forest a dramatic tree stump and root hardscape, protruding from a sloped landscape. Primary planting is Reldia minutiflora, Microgramma heterophylla, and tropical bryophytes. I'm working on a series of videos currently which will show how I made this piece.

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After 10 years I got another PS3 and Killzone 2 & 3 again. OMFG these games!!! Now I remember why I was so addicted to them and played like 6 hrs every day. Too bad multiplayer isn't available anymore. Bots are still fun though. My aim is so rusty and I already have gamer's hand after 3 hrs. LOL

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My friend is growing Dendrobium dichaeoides so beautifully in his amazing greenhouse. This is one of my favorite orchids. It sucks that I can't grow cool growing species like this.

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Forest's Edge Kusamono (update). I have created a video which explains how I made this piece and offers various tips and tricks, if anyone is interested. https://youtu.be/137QokVCXiA

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Played KZ3 botzone on Trooper setting and went 69-1 KD. Basically took cover at a corner and sniped with the M82 across the map the whole round. Not claiming to be a skilled player though, I know other people could do better. Still fun.

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My first Dendrobium cuthbertsonii. Love the papillose texture. I've avoided it due to its need for cooler temps, but couldn't resist this mini anymore. Probably will suffer this summer, but you never know. Please pray for its survival! It would be amazing to get blooms some day if it survives...

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After 10 years I got another PS3 and Killzone 2 & 3 again. OMFG these games!!! Now I remember why I was so addicted to them and played like 6 hrs every day. Too bad multiplayer isn't available anymore. Bots are still fun though. My aim is so rusty and I already have gamer's hand. LOL

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I can't believe how fat the fronds are on this Selaginella sp White Peru

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Anyone here have experience growing Vriesea petraea? It's a rare species from mid to high altitudes in open scrub. Can't find any trustworthy care info online. Main question is, does this species like to have the rosette filled, or should it be misted only? Other care info appreciated too.

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This sub exists! We need more people and more posts. I'll play! Selaginella sp White from Peru. This incredible species has light green foliage which turns mint green, silver, and white in some lighting and in the evening. Up there in my list of top plants. Miniature species.

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Downloading BF4. Might hit up multiplayer this weekend but I’m preparing to have my ass handed to me repeatedly until I want to give up. (I never played MP for BF, COD, etc, only Killzone series)

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