For my new sals I'm going to try ferns. Probably pothos since I can't kill those. I wish I could find a mini pothos though. Um probably going to use organic topsoil and cocofiber bedding. I like color and I'm trying to find plants with color - I usually get um those ones for tropical dart frogs - OMG the name escapes me right now. I may resort to some high quality silk plants and hack them and use sprigs here & there to get the color I want.
OK I cheated and actually opened my houseplant book. Dang thing hasn't been opened in so long its stiff, like new.
Mind you I haven't done a lick of research on any of these plants so their suitability is in the air - but its a place to start...
Babys tears - soleiroliansoleirolii (likes moist soil),
earth star - cryptanthus hivittatus ahh BROMELIAD! (hmm description says it has "harmless" spines I usually get a common one found in the stores called tillandsia cyanese),
euonymus japonica - in the reading it doesn't suitable,
ferns, maidenhair fern -adiantum pedatum says evenly moist soil but it likes high humidity, rabbits foot fern also called squirrel foot or deer foot is noted for its finely divided fronds and furry rhizomes which creep over and down the sides of the growing container and resemble animal feet (maybe plant that one on a hillock for eye appeal?) and there are button and boston ferns. I think with a lot of pruning they would work. Dwarf leatherleaf is tolerant of dry air.
Miniature african violets, says they like bright but indirect light - I dunno.....
Miniature sinningias, hhmm says they have hair leaves - thats usually a no-no I think... also says to much moisture causes the crown to rot.
moss fern - selaginella - soil evenly moist, high to very high humidity, dry air causes leaf dieback
norfolk island pine* - araucaria heterophylla, hhmm I don't think that will work at all
parlor palm* - chamaedorea elegans also known as neanthe bella - I think I've purchased this type before, it worked - it doesn't specify about THAT palm but says some tolerate low light, evenly moist soil, average to high humidity
pellionia - also called rainbow vine P. pulchrm syn, elatostema repens var. pulchra (lol makes no sense to me but thats the name) says to keep evenly moist and high humidity, medium light.
pilea, says it likes bright light, evenly moist soil and high humidity
rex begonia medium light, says - water thoroughly then let it dry slightly, drier in winter - average temps
strawberry begonia not listed with the other begonias? saxifraga stolonifera ground hugging,rosetter forming plant says bright light, should dry between watering, average to high humidity.
*young plants only
As I was typing the last for the strawberry begonia I recalled once reading a list of suitable viv plants somewhere on the 'net. I'm gonna go rest my busted arm which is killing me after all this typing!!
Sharon