Paludarium

A display that prominently features both terrestrial and aquatic sections with plants that have been extensively grown for each section of the aquascape.

1st place

Liminal

Karsten Dünne Germany

2nd place

Gênesis

Carlos Souza Brazil

3rd place

Thunderstorm Season

Yiding Wang Australia

All Other Entries
4th

Through the Hollow

Tianxu Yang United States

5th

The Tree Hide

Nicky glen United Kingdom

6th

Swamps

Marcin Biedal Poland

7th

Riverbank

Wasin Lertpornchaimongkol Thailand

8th

Mistfall

彭昶尧 China

9th

Rainforest Riverbank

Cahyo prayuda Indonesia

10th

樂山 樂水 樂青華

林肇偉 Taiwan

11th

The Losor

Nurul Arofah Indonesia

12th

Marrow

Ng Yue Foong Malaysia

13th

Samber Gelap

arih setyo nugroho Indonesia

14th

PIII - Beyond the Giants

Vincent C Ireland

15th

From Sky to Sand

Khemraj Ganesh United Arab Emirates

16th

The Beginning

Amir salleh Malaysia

17th

Mossy Precipice

Jaehyeon Lee South Korea

18th

Absinthe Rituals

Liam Grahn Sweden

19th

The Floating Grove

Sookyung Suh South Korea

20th

Rift

Jinwoong Yun South Korea

21st
22nd

Provenza

Hayley Zimmermann United States

23rd

Knknsui

Kamil Niedzielski Poland

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