Sundew Terrarium (2” Cube)

I received mine quick. It was sent immediately, and shipped via USPS, so it usually means within 3 days. It arrived with no heating pad, but I guess that the 60 days live guaranty is as good as a heating pad. The plant appears to be alive. It is small within a small glass container the size of a small snow globe. The plant is set in grow medium so it stayed intact during transit. Hopefully, it will survive long enough for life outside the container. Oh, BTW for people deciding between the sundew and the venus flytrap, my research suggests that the sundew is lower maintenance outside the globe. For the sundew, all I need to do is to place it near a window. Update: It has been a month. The sundew has grown a little. No mold. Yeah, I like it. I will probably order other plants soon now that it is getting warmer. Another update: a white fuzz appeared after 44 days. I emailed the seller with a photo, and I have a replacement a week later. The replacement is a little leaky with some solution leaking from the container. I cannot see any crack on the container, and the plant inside looks fine. It is informative to compare the original plant with the replacement. The original is about 10x larger. So, it must have grown. I am facing the white fuzz of the original towards the window, hopefully the sunshine will slow its growth while I get the necessary soil, etc. to try to rescue it. BTW, outside the container, carnivorous plants are a little involved to maintain. They need special soil, and distill water. I am not hopeful with my skills to keep them alive outside the container. But, I will give it a try. Yet another update: It is now past day 60. After turning the mold part of the Terrarium towards the sunlight, the sunlight appears to have limited its growth. The white fuzz appears to have disappeared, replaced by a white patch. My observation is that this plant needs a lot of light. I believe that plants, mold and algae are in a constant battle when they are in a confined space. One will do well at the expense of others. So, let your terrarium get some sunlight.

What a huge, massive waste of money! I have to admit when I first got the plant it was about the size of a dime or marble. It was alive. I followed the instructions to the letter. I never once opened the container and kept it in partially lit conditions on my living room coffee table. At first it seemed like the plants Roots grow. But shortly afterwards I noticed tufts of white mold growing everywhere on the growing medium. It wasn't long before the entire plant was covered with white fuzzy mold. As instructed I did not open up the container I continue to wait for the plant to overtake the mold. Between October 1st and December 30th the plant was completely consumed and liquefied by mold. The pictures clearly show that there was a complete loss of an airtight seal. the plant first went moldy the mold consume the plant until it was all slime in the bottom of the container. Then one month after that it all dried out into nothing. I personally want my money back from this company. I even showed the company logo Bloomify on the bottom of my micro terrarium.

So, my first plant didn't make it to me. The usual mailman swears he left it on my porch, but it was no where to be found. HOWEVER, this seller is fantastic, got back to me within a few hours, and shipped out a replacement the next day. This one arrived fine. I waited all day, using tracking and watching for the mailman. But it was delivered separately from my regular mail. So sadly, it sat outside in the northern KY cold for about 20 minutes. Lil thing doesnt seem affected, though. Yes, its a small plant, somewhere between nickel sized to quarter sized, but its worth remembering that they're supposed to stay in the dome without opening it for MONTHS. Then they get transplanted. It makes sense a larger, older, easier to see plant would be used for the product image. Given some time, im sure mine will match it in size. The first pic ive added is of the shipping box. Not an amazon box, but that makes it a touch less likely to be taken this time of year. The second is after i opened the shipping box, its a smaller box packed in. Carrying it inside, i didnt hear it moving around much, so this worked. The 3rd is the small box opened. The little dome terrarium is so snug in there that there wasnt even room for it to wiggle. Perfect for shipping glass! The fourth is after i took the dome out of the box and the tissue paper off. Its also plastic wrapped, probably to keep the dome from wiggling around on the base during shipping. The fifth pic is the plant. I clustered all the different items around it for a size compare. See, small. But it says its small. Size adds up right. The sixth is the view from the bottom, its well rooted in its gel, so it should be happy and grow great. The seventh is the plant itself, blurry from the condensation on the inside of the glass from the temperature change. The eight is a size compare to a quarter. Hard to see the quarter, but its there, the plant is just a touch smaller. The last pic is the best pic i could get of the plant. Its tiny, but its absolutely adorable, and I'll definitely buy from them again. I've already got my eye on a few different plants.

Absolutely precious! The sundew arrived safe and sound, looks very healthy! I'm so excited to add this to my carnivorous plant collection. This would be my second sundew, the first is now over three years old. Once roots form, she'll be planted next to her sister. Edit 10/15/23: It grew mold, however I saved it! I used sterilized eyebrow tweezers to carefully remove the plant from the growing medium, which seems to be a kind of agar, removed any moldy bits I saw, and carefully transfered it into a bigger sealed terrarium with peat moss. After that I was diligent to remove any mold that formed over the course of a few days. A week later, everything looks great! No mold came back, and the little plant seems more lively. You can try my method if your plant hasn't been taken over by mold yet, just be very careful about any developing roots, they're almost like fine hair, use only distilled water or reverse osmosis water when you clean or water it. Tap water can be too harsh.

Very cute but very small. After reading reviews. I filled cup with distilled water. Removed them from jelled domes, Let them sit in distilled cup of wtr as they sat while I cleaned and dried domes and bases of domes very well with a paper towel. I swirled them in the distilled water a little and removed as much jell as possible. Washed domes(they are to cute to cast aside).and dried very well. Refilled one dome and another planter with a dome with fly trap soil and sargum moss.I planted smallest plant back into original dome. Using spray bottle sprayed sides of domes. Put them under timed lighting for at least eleven totwelve hours a day. They are thriving.I can see growth.

I opened the mangled box hoping for the little plant to be intact. It was but the glass base was broken and the gel had seeped out. After contacting Bloomify, they sent a replacement right away. My second one arrived intact but the plant was mostly black in color and was not looking like it would make it. I placed it in a bright location and crossed my fingers. Two days pass and I receive another package from Bloomify and it was another sundew plant. I was pleasantly surprised to see a healthy plant in a intact container. The newest plant is doing well, so far, but I'm sure if it were to suddenly die, Bloomify would quickly replace it. This is the second time I've purchased plants from Bloomify and have had great results. I am already looking forward to my next plant from Bloomify and have recommended them to friends and family

Aesthetically, it looks amazingly cute. But the poor plant is probably suffering. I showed my friend who loves plants and he said that carnivorous plants don't need a dome for humidity. He also added that the gel will probably kill the plant after a while. He advised me to rinse out the gel with distilled water and repot it with Sphagnum Peat Moss and add some Perlite. What I did was cut open a plastic water bottle I had laying around and a small pot I had laying around. I used the bottle as a dish so it can be constantly have distilled water, making the soil moist. Then put in the soil stuff inside the small pot and gently placed the plant on it. Whole thing took like 15 minutes cause I was trying not to harm the roots of the plant. Also, the rubbery part from the glass dome broke so I deducted a few stars.

Followed instructions and plant still died, it was very small too.