There are a few problems you will encounter however that you should be aware of.

1- Heat, hot lights and heat will kill most plants. They need to be kept on the cooler side of the enclosure.

2- Your going to need to give your plants occasional sunlight which is easy when you keep them in pots.

3- Your going to need to make your plants vivarium ready. Ive used no pest strips succesfully to rid bugs. Clean the roots off and put a small peice of no pest strip in a trash bag with the plant for a day or two then replant it in new soil. It will kill all of the bugs.

Now some tips...

I think that using concealed pots is the way to go which sounds like what you are doing. The best substrate for a more natural looking enclosure is cork bark, or coconut neither will mold on you and you can sink your pots into the bedding hiding the pot. You can also hide pots using cork bark as done in my photo here. You might also want to put a nice plant grow light for your plant. And occasionally switch them out and put them in the sun. Have back up plants ready. Air plants are readily available and when your snake is larger they are really the way to go. Tillandsias are great you can mount them anywhere on tree braches, mats to place along the back of the enclosure etc. That way they are off of the ground and cant get trampled, which is what will happen. Good luck on your naturalistic enclosure its well worth the work to see the beauty you can obtain if you keep at it.

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