house plants (and others) to grow emersed

[clownbaby]

I am really trying to ditch my cracked glass lid but want more plants to grow above to discourage jumping. Right now all I have is duckweed and starwort, and I have some pothos in water to help it kickstart roots; but what are some other plants I could grow emersed? I am pretty good with houseplants overall, just keep in mind the humidity in our house is extremely high haha

[Jovius]

Monstera, pothos, really just about any house plant. There are a few that can be poisonous though. 

[clownbaby]

On 5/31/2024 at 8:42 PM, Jovius said:

Monstera, pothos, really just about any house plant. There are a few that can be poisonous though. 

Yeah that's my main concern. I also want to avoid those with really bolbis roots and rhizomes, like ZZ plants and some grass plants. I was thinking spider plant could be kinda cool!

 

[doktor zhivago]

I found that pothos did too good a job taking out nitrates once it took off. It starved all my other plants... I've never had any luck getting monstera to grow into the water but mine isn't really prospering for whatever reason even out of the water.

Zz tubers like it very dry. I only water mine like once every 6-8 weeks. I don't think you would have much luck putting them in water. 

[Tony s]

@clownbaby take a look at this post. Those are @Guppysnail’s pictures of her tanks.just stunning. You can pick out several different plants. Pothos , monstera, draceana (sp)  and lot of others. I’m sure she’ll Id others if you want. Notice the egg crate she uses as support in the back 

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Posted Wednesday at 04:41 AM

Almost any houseplant that can thrive with “wet feet” meaning they do not require a drain hole in the pot does well. 
I’ve tried dozens of types that work.  The ones that thrive the most with the least light are peace lilies, lucky bamboo and pothos. 
Here are a few of my tanks showing emergents. You can get creative with many. Plant life project is a YouTube channel that explores many emergents. 
 

 

Edited June 2 by Tony s

[clownbaby]

On 6/1/2024 at 7:21 PM, Tony s said:

@clownbaby take a look at this post. Those are @Guppysnail’s pictures of her tanks.just stunning. You can pick out several different plants. Pothos , monstera, draceana (sp)  and lot of others. I’m sure she’ll Id others if you want. Notice the egg crate she uses as support in the back 

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Posted Wednesday at 04:41 AM

Almost any houseplant that can thrive with “wet feet” meaning they do not require a drain hole in the pot does well. 
I’ve tried dozens of types that work.  The ones that thrive the most with the least light are peace lilies, lucky bamboo and pothos. 
Here are a few of my tanks showing emergents. You can get creative with many. Plant life project is a YouTube channel that explores many emergents. 
 

 

THESE are BEAUTIFUL! Goodness I am jealous.

[Sciurus]

This is a super good resource for which plants can grow emersed, and which ones are toxic or not:

https://www.serpadesign.com/riparian-plants

[EricksonAquatics]

I haven’t tried anything except Pothos but it is thriving! And there’s so many different varieties of pothos out there, you could have a really cool tank with just a bunch of different pothos varieties 🙂

[Expectorating_Aubergine]

Any plant can be grown with its roots in the water. It's all about acclimation. Also, most of the interesting /cool house plants are going to be technically toxic, but I would like to add that the term "toxic" when used with plants is often overblown. A good analogy would be a jumping spider, a bee and a rattle snake. They are all venomous. However the level of danger is very different, and in the case of the bee, very dependent on your sensitivity/level of exposure. The same can be said for plants. A pothos isn't going to kill your cat if it eats a leaf. Same if it eat 4 leaves. 30 leaves tho, now it's getting dicey. Then again maybe your cat doesn't bother houseplants. Some plants like Easter lilies are acutely toxic to cats even in small amounts. Just something to consider...... also most toxic plants taste bad to discourage herbivory.