which plants are best?
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Do you mean which plants work best with a false-bottom arrangement (meaning shallow, well drained substrate) or which plants like to climb the coco fiber and root? or both?
There are countless plants which fit this criterea. You need to look for a plant that will hold up in the high humidity.
What size viv are you talking about? This will narrow down the search (some plants we will rule out if they grow too big)...
There are countless plants which fit this criterea. You need to look for a plant that will hold up in the high humidity.
What size viv are you talking about? This will narrow down the search (some plants we will rule out if they grow too big)...
I think the reference is to coco fiber bedding like bed-a-beast not coco panels.
Not bromeliads and most orchids, try and stay away from epiphytes (they like a lot of air around the roots). Coca fiber substrates (except for the fiber mats) tend to hold a lot of water when used as a substrate by themselves so I'd say anything that likes wet roots, like a lot of vining plants. Spaths/peace lilies, syngoniums, pothos, most of the vining philodendrons would all work.
I'd recomend doing a planting mixture rather than just the coco fiber as the planting mixes allow you to have a greater range of plants, including those who aren't into having constantly soggy roots.
Not bromeliads and most orchids, try and stay away from epiphytes (they like a lot of air around the roots). Coca fiber substrates (except for the fiber mats) tend to hold a lot of water when used as a substrate by themselves so I'd say anything that likes wet roots, like a lot of vining plants. Spaths/peace lilies, syngoniums, pothos, most of the vining philodendrons would all work.
I'd recomend doing a planting mixture rather than just the coco fiber as the planting mixes allow you to have a greater range of plants, including those who aren't into having constantly soggy roots.
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