Lithophytes

Terrarium plants - Lithophytes - Let your terrarium go green!

Rock is a special place for plants to grow. Many plants root in rock crevices, but there are also plants that grow attached to the rock surface. In northern latitudes these are mainly mosses, lichens and algae. The more humid and mild the climate, the more higher plants join them. As mentioned before, many plants can occur both as epiphytes on trees and as lithophytes on rocks. Especially many lithophytes grow on rock faces with trickling water and in the spray of waterfalls, a habitat that can be recreated in vivariums with the DOOA Mizukusa Mist Wall. Numerous rheophytes, plants adapted to strong currents in the flood zone of streams and rivers, cling to rocks with their roots and therefore also count as lithophytes.

In the terrarium, it makes little difference whether attached plants are mounted on stone or wood, as long as they are kept under suitable conditions.