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Lobelia cardinalis

Original price $16.00 - Original price $16.00
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$16.00
$16.00 - $16.00
Current price $16.00
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Lobelia cardinalis – Upright Green Foliage for Closed Terrariums

Lobelia cardinalis is a vibrant, small-leaved plant well suited to high-humidity terrariums. While it’s commonly used in aquascaping, it also grows beautifully in moist terrarium substrate, developing upright stems and lush green foliage.

Terrarium Ready – No Submersion Required

In its natural environment, Lobelia cardinalis grows along stream edges and wetland zones—making it well adapted to terrarium life. It prefers being planted directly into moist substrate, where it will grow steadily and stay compact with regular trimming.

Bright Green, Clean Growth Habit

This plant features firm, rounded leaves and an upright growth form that works well in the foreground or midground of terrarium layouts. It offers a neat, structured look that pairs well with mosses and broader foliage.

Quick to Establish & Beginner Friendly

Lobelia cardinalis adapts quickly in closed terrariums with moderate light and consistent humidity. It grows faster than many tropical species, making it easy to fill gaps or add structure to a new setup.

What You’ll Receive

The plant shown is a typical example—each one is unique in size and shape. Your Lobelia cardinalis will be sent bare rooted in sphagnum mosswrapped in a plastic bag to maintain humidity during shipping.

Pot Size

Our small (70 mm) translucent square grow pot

Growing Medium

soil

Shipping

This plant will be sent bare rooted, wrapped in sphagnum moss.

We only ship plants on Mondays. Please order before 2pm on Sunday to ensure your plant will be sent the following Monday. Orders placed after this time may not be shipped untill the following week.

We only ship plants to non-quarantine states (sorry sorry WA, TAS and NT residents). Shipping of plants is capped at $18.00 per order. This includes the packing materials and labour times. We use recycled packing where possible to reduce our waste and keep cost down, but we ensure that all packing material is sturdy enough to resist damage during transit.

If no one is home to receive your order, the parcel will be left in a safe place. We will not request signature on delivery, as parcels sent back to the post office may not get picked up for days, therefore increasing the amount of stress placed on the plant(s) inside.

This plant can also be picked up from the Northern Wellbeing Centre; 113C miller st, Epping VIC. If you select this option at check-out, we will email you to organise a pick-up time.

Current Growing Conditions

This plant has been propagated and grown in a hydroponics medium. All of our hydroponics plants are potted up in leca, perlite, or MAB grow, and left sitting in 1 - 2 cm of nutrient solution at all times. Our nutrient solution is made up of Growth Technology Foliage Focus or Complete Focus diluted to 5 ml per litre of water.

This plant is currently growing in our climate controled grow room. Temperatures sit abouve 20 C at all times, and relative humidity does not drop below 60%.

Suggested Care on Arrival

This plant will arrive with its roots wrapped in sphagnum moss. If you would like to continue growing this plant as we have, in a hydroponic medium, then we suggest you pot it up shortly after receiving it.

In general, we find that plants transition from hydroponics mediums to soil without any issues. However, if you want to transition the plant into soil with extra caution, then you can keep it in the moss for a few days. This will allow your plant to acclimate to your environment before transitioning to a new medium. You may need to re-moisten the moss during this time to prevent it from completely drying out.

When ready, you can pot the plant up in a well-draining soil mix. 50% premium potting mix and 50% perlite works well, but adding extra amendments such as orchid bark for extra drainage can help in creating an optimum soil mix. These extra amendments should especially be used for anthuriums, which require extra drainage. If you require more specific information about soil mix, please contact us.

If you require a growing pot and/or potting medium (soil or perlite) let us know in the notes section at check-out and we’ll send it with your bare rooted plant.

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