The purple plant is a Bromeliad. The others look like different Echeverias. None are Hen and Chickens, none are hardy outdoors in your zone, but all are perennial.

Ah, thank you floral uk! Appreciate you tons!!

Guess I'm stuck with keeping these indoors then :P Much prefer outdoor plants...

You can grow them outdoors in the spring/summer/early fall, where they'd do fabulously, especially repotted into porous soil and a, for example, terra-cotta pot.

The purple one is an "earth star", botanical name Cryptanthus. This is a bold combo that most people would not attempt because the Echeverias are creatures of warm, dry conditions, and the Cryptanthus is something you'd find in a FL landscape, hot, rains often, steamy humidity.

I agree with Tiffany, they need to be in separate pots. The Echeveria needs a dry conditions and a fast draining medium and the Bromeliad Cryptanthus needs entirely different conditions. There's no way you can give the Bromeliad the moisture it needs without over-watering the Echeveria.

Thank you guys!! <3 The purple ones aren't looking too good (especially the leaf at the very top), but I couldn't tell if it was from overwatering or underwatering. What would you recommend it be planted in? Regular potting soil or something else? I'm assuming the moss inside the pictured terrarium is definitely not for the Bromeliad, and that the Echeveria(s) are more suitable for the current setup, needing to move the Bromeliad out. I have coconut coir on hand, but nothing else at the moment.

I would remove any moss from the Echeverias. The Echs would be best right next to your most sunny window. An unglazed clay pot is good for them.

The Cryptanthus can do OK in less light, but might look faded. Keep it moist. Coco coir sounds good for this.

This is a bold combo that most people would not attempt because the Echeverias are creatures of warm, dry conditions, and the Cryptanthus is something you'd find in a FL landscape, hot, rains often, steamy humidity.

==>> and thats why you dont buy plants at aldis... lol ..

i think tiff clearly states why one of those plants should NOT be in a terrarium.. or mostly glass encased pot ... separate the plants into different pots.. with media appropriate to each plant ... drainage is the key word ...

ken

It's an adorable gift : )