Terrarium Ornament

I purchased a bunch of these clear glass ornaments on clearance last Christmas. The possibilities are endless for these ornaments, one idea I had was to create a terrarium.  The round glass encapsulates the plant well and the clear glass just makes it look so sophisticated and modern.  The one warning I do have is that it is a little complicated to get the small rosemary clipping positioned into the hole.  The rosemary may outgrow this glass bowl in a month (or may not even survive), but I still love how it looks.  Rosemary is very easy to propagate, just clip young growth, remove bottom leaves and place into soil.  The clipping should root in a few weeks.  For this terrarium, I propagated rosemary a month earlier and transplanted into this ornament.

This reminds me of Charlie Brown's Christmas tree.  Notice I used a folded origami star to hang off one of the "branches".

Fill ornament with soil, add a little water, and using a paint brush I cleaned the sides of the ornament and compacted the a little before placing the rosemary plant inside.  I don't know if it will survive, but I'll keep you posted.

If You Were a Flower Which Flower Would You Be? and Why?

This question was posed to me at an interview.  I know weird right?  It kind of caught me off guard, considering most interview questions thrown at me are  "What each layer of the Open Systems Interconnection Model?" or "Write a function for the Fibonacci sequence".  I had to think hard about this one.  Flower, I dont even know that many types of flowers, rose? (too girly), tulip(too weak) dandelion (omg, i think that's a weed right?), what else?  I only know three types of flowers?!  Think, think, then I blurted out cactus (shoot, that isn't even a flower!) Plant...flower...  I wasn't applying for a botanist position.  And why cactus? Because they are strong, can survive anywhere with little maintenance, and will form roots in the roughest of conditions.  Good answer right?  I didn't get the job.

I do have an affinity towards cactus, perhaps because its because my mother always loved to plant succulents.   Or it could be because they are one of the only plants that survive my brown thumb.  Below are some pictures of a sort of terrarium.  Although not the true definition of a terrarium, it has the same encased beauty.  Tutorials seen in many blogs such as this one.