By Kim Charles
Chris and Pam Neumann have ground the best way to make it through a Wisconsin wintertime , as Chris explains :
This is how Pam and I keep ourselves sane in the winter in Wisconsin . The dining room has south- and eastward - facing windows , so it is the official plant room . Many of these plants go out of doors in the summertime . The lucky ones get to hail back in . We sum up the terrarium three age ago . It helps keep the humidity up for the air travel works , etc . I becloud it every daybreak . With all the green , and the orchids , tillandsias , Christmas cactus , and other inflorescence works , I intend we ’ll make it through until spring fare again .
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Close up of terrarium with various tillandsias, phalaenopsis orchids, cryptanthus, staghorn fern, and baby elephant ear.
Terrarium on east wall. Hibiscus on left, aloe (not vera) on right.
The south windows with their two bookcases and baker’s rack for plants.
Top of baker’s rack:Aloe vera,jade plant,Tillandsia geographica,hoya.
One of our Christmas cacti blooming.
Succulents on the bottom shelf of the baker’s rack under artificial lights.
FloweringTillandsiasp. It wasn’t labeled when I bought it, and haven’t ID’d it yet.
FloweringT. ioananthes. In the first terrarium photo, it is hanging on the right. There it’s mostly green; the tips of the leaves show a little orange. As it gets ready to flower, the leaves turn bright red.
Art imitating life imitating art. Or vice-versa.
Mr. Turtle watching from his nearby aquarium. At 4 inches long, he is full grown. He’s 35 years old; I’ve had him since he was a hatchling.
