Live plants or fake?

[deranged chipmunk]

Being a plant geek, I am always going to say go with live plants. Invest in good lighting, it doesn't have to be expensive, make sure they get proper nutrition, like the frogs, and they will thrive. There are literally thousands of plants to choose from. Although, one must be careful when choosing plants for high humidity environments, like a PDF enclosure. Too much humidity will rot out plants like African violets.

Moss is picky, but there is a key to buying moss. You need to buy TROPICAL moss. Or live sphagnum moss. Not the bundled up stuff in the gardening dept. there are a ridiculous amount of species of moss and most will grow in vivs well. Temperate moss, like that which grows in the temperate rainforests of Oregon and Washington state, won't do well in a PDF enclosure, it's too warm for it. Black jungle sells excellent tropical moss. I get it locally, but black jungle is the best I ran across online. A lot of vendors say their moss is tropical, but get it from suppliers in north/South Carolina. Hardly tropical, so beware lol

[Tongue Flicker]

Being a plant geek, I am always going to say go with live plants. Invest in good lighting, it doesn't have to be expensive, make sure they get proper nutrition, like the frogs, and they will thrive. There are literally thousands of plants to choose from. Although, one must be careful when choosing plants for high humidity environments, like a PDF enclosure. Too much humidity will rot out plants like African violets.

Figured that much when i pitched in on the pitcher plant topic haha.

[Mentat]

Nice thread with good info and pics !