1.

Define Terrarium

Terrarium- A terrarium is usually a sealable glass container containing soil and plants, and can
be opened for maintenance to access the plants inside. However, terraria can also be open to
the atmosphere rather than being sealed. Terraria are often kept as decorative or ornamental
items.

2. Why does terrarium is important?

Terrariums are most useful for small plants that do not adapt well to normal home
atmospheres. When properly planted and located, they provide a novel way to grow
many plants with minimal care. A terrarium is a good way to keep plants indoors with a
minimum of care.

There are quite a few benefits of terrariums, such as:

• They help grow plants that would be difficult to grow in dry air.

• They provide a confined space for a garden

• You can use artificial light, such as LED or fluorescent very efficiently. terrarium is a
self-sustaining plant ecosystem that's calibrated to effectively replicate all the necessary
natural cycles for a thriving community of organisms.

3. Describe the following plants and include a photo

Sweet flag- Sweet flag is a strongly aromatic perennial plant; its horizontal, creeping
rootstock, which may grow to 5 feet long, produces sword-shaped, striped green and
yellow, cattail-like leaves, 3/4 inch wide, and 2-6 feet high, with a vertical midrib, and
also a keeled or ridged, thick, fleshy flower stalk which bears a cylindrical spadix
covered by minute greenish-yellow flowers.
African violet- Are delightful houseplants and will brighten up any room with their purple, pink,
or white colors. It is also a small houseplants that produce clusters of white, blue, or purple
flowers over fuzzy leaves.

Zebra plant- is a tropical plant originally from Brazil. Typically grown indoors, it's lauded for its
unique dark leaves that are striped with white veins, as well as its colorful flowers.
Club moss- It is primitive vascular plants that look like miniature pines or cedars
spreading over the forest floor. They evolved around 410 million years ago, even before
higher plants and dinosaurs appeared on earth. Today, modern species only grow
inches tall, but their ancestors grew as tall as 135 feet. The abundance of tree-like
clubmosses, along with horsetails and ferns, dominated the Carboniferous period
(which lasted 359.2 to 299 million years ago), and the woody clubmosses created much
of the massive coal deposits that are mined today.

Gloxinia- Gloxinias are native to Brazil and are now widely cultivated as garden and house
plants. They grow 15 to 30 cm (6 to 12 inches) in height and produce large, tubular or bell-
shaped flowers surrounded by attractive foliage of a soft, velvety texture. The blooms are
characterized by their richness and variety of colouring, which ranges from shades of blue and
purple through pink and crimson to white. Gloxinias have tuberous roots and ovate or oblong
leaves with toothed margins.

Whit Lace flower

White lace flower (orlaya grandiflora) is an elegant and delicate flower that blooms atop
an attractive plant that’s native to the Mediterranean. Sometimes referred to as Minoan
lace or French meadow parsley. The hardy annual enjoys a very long flowering period
that lasts from early summer all the way to first frost in the fall. The lush, fernlike, finely
divided foliage is quite pretty even when the flower is not in bloom and makes the
perfect frame for the delicate white blooms, which remind viewers of intricate lace
patterns. Each plant produces a group of eight to 10 blossoms. The flowers are
reminiscent of lace-cap hydrangeas, showing small interior florets fully surrounded by a
ring of larger petals making a crown. White lace flower grows up to 24-30 inches in
height and about a foot in width.

Maidenhair fern- It is part of the Adiantum genus that includes over 200 varieties of ferns
grown around the world. The genus name is derived from the Greek word adiantos, which
means "unwetted"—an apt description for the fern, since its leaves repel water. Maidenhair
ferns have delicate fan-shaped leaf segments, typically clustered on wiry black stems.
Cape primrose- Cape Primroses, also known as Streptocarpus or Streps, have filled a niche as
flowering houseplants for the home for many decades. Their velvety, long green leaves and
floral sprays that rise above the foliage create a stunning plant for a windowsill garden.

Dwarf spider plant- The spider plant gets its name from the little “pups” that resemble a
spider’s body and may also produce tiny white flowers off the long stems. The pups and
flowers tend to bloom in the Summer. Spider plants were originally groundcover in the
tropical rainforests of South Africa and moved into our homes in the 19th century.
Spider plant has air purifying capabilities.

Angels’ wings- Angel Wings Inconspicuous, calla-type flowers appear in summer, but
they are usually hidden by the leaves. Glowing in full shade, this luminous foliage plant
is terrific to add color and drama to shady borders and containers. They grow in open
areas of the forest and on the banks of rivers and go dormant during the dry season.
The wild plants grow to 15–35 inches (40–90 cm) tall, with leaves mostly 6-18 inches
(15–45 cm) long and broad.

Begonia- Begonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Begoniaceae. The genus
contains more than 1,800 different plant species. The Begonias are native to moist subtropical
and tropical climates.

Shamrock- Shamrock has some more specific parameters. The term itself comes from
the Gaelic word seamróg, which literally means “little clover.” While there is not a 100%
consensus, most botanists agree that a shamrock most likely refers to either the white
clover (trifolium repens) or the suckling clover (trifolium dubium)
Zebra plant

Button fern- The button fern, also called the round-leafed fern, is an evergreen fern (of the
Pteridaceae family) with small dark green leaves attached to a thin stem. “Rotundifolia” refers
to the roundness of the leaves, and the genus name, Pallaea, comes from the Greek word
meaning “dark,” a reference to the stems that turn dark red with age. Plants in the genus are
also sometimes referred to as “cliff brakes.”

Bunny ears- It has the appearance of a shrub, and spreads out to cover between 2-5 feet
of ground as a mature plant. It is a clump-forming Mexican cactus with thornless, flat,
elliptical to circular pads. The thick pads of this plant are adorned with fuzzy glochids,
or short bristles, that resemble the fur of rabbits and grow in earlike pairs.
Powderpuff cactus- Mammillaria bocasana is a clumping cactus, often forming large mounds. It
is commonly called the “Powder Puff Cactus”, because of its appearance like a cotton ball as the
small round plant is covered with silky white hairs. It is quite variable with a lot of different
varieties and forms available in cultivation.

Mexican sun ball- Mexican Snowball (Echeveria elegans) (Rose): A truly elegant rosette
with rounded, cupped leaves. This easy-to-grow species offsets freely and can develop
into impressive clusters. The leaves are covered in a powdery wax called farina that
protects them in full sun and gives a nice, matte finish. Full sun can also cause the
rosette to blush pink. It blooms spring to summer with small, yellow and pink flowers on
a tall bloom stalk.
Tiger jaws- Tiger jaws is a dependable, slow-growing succulent plant with low rosettes of fleshy,
triangular leaves edged with spiny "teeth."

Tiger Jaws (Faucaria felina) (Schwantes): Chunky triangular leaves with distinctive soft-
toothed edges. The gentle "teeth" lining the leaf pairs can have fine tendrils at their
points. This variety is a compact, clumping species from South Africa. It produces large,
dandelion-like blooms from late summer to fall that open each afternoon and close by
nightfall.

Sunset cactus-

The saguaro (/səˈwɑːroʊ/,[5] Spanish pronunciation: [saˈɣwaɾo]) (Carnegiea gigantea) is

a tree-like cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea, that can grow to be over
12 meters (40 feet) tall. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, the Mexican state
of Sonora, and the Whipple Mountains and Imperial County areas of California. The
saguaro blossom is the state wildflower of Arizona. Its scientific name is given in honor
of Andrew Carnegie. In 1994, Saguaro National Park, near Tucson, Arizona, was
designated to help protect this species and its habitat.

Star window plan- The small Haworthia Retusa [ha-WORTH-ee-a re-TOO-suh] is a

popular succulent plant with a short rosette of thick, triangular leaves.

It’s one of many flowering plants, like haworthia cuspidata and haworthia cooperi, that
belong to the genus Haworthia and the family Asphodelaceae.

Haworthia retusa is a slow-growing succulent that mostly grows in the ground, with the
rosette showing on the surface.

The rosette includes triangular green succulent leaves with a recurved shape and rarely
exceeds four or five inches, especially when cultivated.

It also produces offsets, which form in clumps around the mother plant.
Ghost plant- Ghost plant (Graptopetalum paraguayense) is a cold-hardy succulent with pale
gray or whitish leaves on sprawling stems. Its versatile growth will help it stand out in your
landscape as an unusual groundcover, cascading down a container, or even as a houseplant.