I am building a paludarium (aquarium that is half full with a land area above the water) I have most of the land area set for carnivious plants grown in sphagnum moss/sand. I was planing or at least considering having a different section set up for cactus/succulents. The substrate will not be watered as much as the sphagnum but the plants will of course be subjected to humidity with all the water near them.
What cactus/succulents would do best in a humidity environment and what would be the best general substrate?
I think you will have trouble finding any cacti or succulents that will like such a humid environment, perhaps with the exception of some of the epiphites, but these will probably be too large for what you want. There may be one or two but I cannot think of anything off the cuff.
Perhaps some of the smaller Bromiliads would do the trick.
It is a 90 gallon tall. I had been told from a friend that succulents would rot under the humididty. Wanted to see what you cactus enthusiasts thought. The conditions are ideal for carnivious plants, I would like to have a small different genre of plants just for the visual effect.
I did a search for dwarf terrestrial orchids. Some sound like the humidity would not be great but this species is a raiforest plant and small, no taller than 5". I want to keep all plants small so the ovarall space looks big.
