Pilea spruceana is a nice one, too. Don't forget to add a bromeliad if you have a background or a raised branch or log of some sort to grow it epiphytically. The smaller Neoregelias always do nicely, although they'll lose their color if they don't have a really strong light. In any event, nearly all darts will use them to sit in the leaf axils for a soak, and of course the thumbs and Pumilios use them for depositing tads, as well. The ficus pumila quercifolia will grow like a mat and eventually cover and entire background with its tiny, tight leaves, so it has always been one of my favorites.



Good luck with this. I think you will be happier with the smaller species or the vining types in the long run, and don't be tempted to crowd them. They will fill in perhaps more than you want before you know it. In the photo of the reticulatus on the Fittonia, you can see both a small strand of Ficus pumila quercifolia on the top of the cork bark, and a small strand of Ficus pumila down by the other little retic peeking out of the cave to the lower right. Both of these plants have virtually covered the background, and I have to keep ripping them away from the bromeliads so they don't strangle them, but they're worth the effort of some trimming. Keep the pictures coming.
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Patty

Pahsimeroi, Idaho



D. auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, galactonotus orange, galactonotus yellow, fantasticus, reticulatus, imitator, castaneoticus, azureus, pumilio Bastimentos. P. lugubris, vittatus, terribilis mint green, terribilis orange.

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