Calathea
Calathea
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Bathroom jungle
Humidity-lovers by the shower
Bathroom humidity is a dream for ferns and bromeliads – if there’s a window or grow light.
☀️LightFrosted window or LED (min. 8 h)
💧Humidity60–90%
🌡️Temperature18–26 °C
🪴Water & substrateModerate; humidity does a lot
Build
Step by step
- 1
Enough light? If not, add a 10 W LED on a timer.
- 2
Hang trailers from the shower rail, epiphytes on the wall.
- 3
Ventilate daily so the walls don’t mould.
Plant list
What to plant
Midground
Foreground
Peperomia
Peperomia
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Epiphyte (on wood, rock)
Air plant
Tillandsia
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Staghorn fern
Platycerium bifurcatum
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Climber, trailer
Boston fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Spider plant
Chlorophytum comosum
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Accent
Delta maidenhair fern
Adiantum raddianum
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
Moth orchid
Phalaenopsis
🐱Cat safe🐶Dog safe
⚠️ Common mistakes
- A windowless bathroom without a lamp.
- Cleaning spray on leaves.
- Cold draughts when airing in winter.
Member setups
From the community: Bathroom jungle
Nobody has shared one yet. Be the first!