Glass Jungles

 The African violet, Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia ionantha encompasses countless cultivars ranging from miniatures, that can be very useful in the terrarium and vivarium to standards that would only work in the very largest enclosures. There are also a few species available that can be useful.

I am giving these plants their own section, because they are also wonderful houseplants, and probably enjoyed more often that way. But I use them often enough in my vivariums that I still wanted to include them on this website. Obviously I will only barely scratch the surface of the many cultivars available, and that doesn’t even touch the countless “NOID’s” (unidentified cultivar) that are still very lovely, and very inexpensive, that can be picked up at any big box or grocery store. The two in my BiOrb, above, are just little “grocery store” miniatures, but they have been a delight in there, blooming over and over again! So do not turn your nose up at these inexpensive beauties just because they are unnamed!

The plants listed below are those named cultivars in my own collection.