Garden Structure

26 Dec 2025

For about a year, I have been slowly acquiring small plants to form a basic indoor garden.

First established with a variety of succulents and now incorporating (among many) a rescued monstera deliciosa, a varigated ficus benjamina, and two miniature orchids. The garden now consists of 15 differing species/varieties.

Each plant is rooted in a Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate (LECA) medium within three different sizes of Ball jars.

  • Class 1: 8 [oz] (~0.237 [l]), nominally consists of small succulents and rooting propagations.
  • Class 2: 16 [oz] (~0.473 [l]), medium-sized plants or particularly tall/fast-growing propagations.
  • Class 3: 32 [oz] (~0.947 [l]), general size for large plants.

Inventory

Class 1

ID Species
$C1\kappa_1$$ Crassula ovata ‘Variegata’ (Varigated Jade Plant)
$C1\gamma_1$ Gasteria gracilis ‘Little Warty (Ox’s Tongue ‘Little Warty’)
$C1\sigma_1H$ Sedeveria ‘Blue Burrito’
$C1\eta_1$ Haworthiopsis attenuata var. glabrata (Zebra Haworthia)
$C1\epsilon_1$ *Echeveria setosa (Mexican Firecracker)
$C1\kappa_2$ Crassula ovata var. undulata (Wave Leaf Jade)
$C1\kappa_3$ Crassula muscosa var. unkwn. (Rattail Crassula)
$C1\tau_1H$ Tacisedum (XGraptosedum ‘Spring Glow’) (Spring Glow Sedum)
$C1\epsilon_2$ Echeveria secunda (Blue Echeveria)
$C1\sigma_2$ Sedum pachyphyllum (Jelly Beans)
$C1\epsilon_3$ Epipremnum aureum var. unkwn. (Pothos)
$C1\tau_2$ Tradescantia zebrina (Silver Inch Plant)

Class 2

ID Species (Common Name)
$C2\pi_1H$ Philodendron ‘Birkin’ (Philodendron ‘Birkin’)

Class 3

ID Species
$C1\digamma_1$ Ficus benjamina (Varig. Weeping Fig)
$C3\delta_1$ Monstera deliciosa (Swiss Cheese Plant)
$C3\alpha_1$ Asparagus setaceus (Lace Fern)
$C3\kappa_1$ Chamaedorea elegans (Parlor Palm)

Orchids

ID Species
$OR\phi_1$ Phalaenopsis amabilis (Moth Orchid)
$OR?$  

Care

Each plant (other than the orchids) receive the same water/nutrient mix, with differing amounts1.

Class Irrigation Volume (up to tick)
1 20 [ml]
2 40 [ml]
3 200 [ml]

  1. We can derive a useful relationship by approximating the volume of each classification of container as a cylinder;

    $V = \pi r^2 \cdot h$