I agree with Mr. Beard on this one a BP would probably smash your live plants plus you'd have to get one of those pricey bulbs we noctournal owners don't have to worry about to give it UV. There are actually a lot of nice plastic plants out there - I found some sweet ones at PetSmart in the fish tank section. I'd wash them first to get that plastic-ey smell off, my guy seemed to be less afraid of them after I did that. Somebody around here just posted a pic of a SWEET cage set-up = lots of plants I'll see if I can dig up the link!