Vibrant Chameleons
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I've used Ficus and Hibiscus. Both I find hard to keep from getting the leaves falling off. I'm going to give the Schefflera a try and see what happens.
Favorite indoor plant for chameleons
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Will Hayward
New Member
Both ficus and Hibiscus like bright light and regular moistning of the soil, without ever saturating it. Shefflera needs not the bright light, but requires plenty of watering or misting.
Aquaseafoam
New Member
I voted for pothos, I like being able to hang the vines all over the cage to connect other plants. I also like crotons for color. I have killed at least 4 umbrella plants so far :/ Another favorite of mine is ferns- they hold tons of little water droplets!
Dyesub Dave
New Member
I like Ficus and Hibiscus. However I think I'm the only one who will be voting for Hibiscus as it has nice thick woody branches for the chams to hang on to and they seem to love to eat the leaves / flowers which probably is very healthy for them.
I recently got a HUGE Hibiscus bush, trimmed it and split it into 2 pots. While both halves have lost many of their leaves they are both getting new shoots. I probably haven't had them in there long enough to have problems like other people have. Time will tell but for the moment that's my favorite.
I recently got some Pothos, Dracaena and Croton. Only the dracaena went in a small cham enclosure. The other two went to my crested gecko enclosure. However the croton is very colourful and would look great in a cham enclosure. I also purchased a small Schefflera (Umbrella Plant right?) for $1.99 from Wal-Mart that's only about 8" tall. I figured that I'd let it grow a bit before I put it in one of the enclosures. And now I can't wait for it to get larger after seeing everybody's responses here!!
Dyesub Dave.
I recently got a HUGE Hibiscus bush, trimmed it and split it into 2 pots. While both halves have lost many of their leaves they are both getting new shoots. I probably haven't had them in there long enough to have problems like other people have. Time will tell but for the moment that's my favorite.
I recently got some Pothos, Dracaena and Croton. Only the dracaena went in a small cham enclosure. The other two went to my crested gecko enclosure. However the croton is very colourful and would look great in a cham enclosure. I also purchased a small Schefflera (Umbrella Plant right?) for $1.99 from Wal-Mart that's only about 8" tall. I figured that I'd let it grow a bit before I put it in one of the enclosures. And now I can't wait for it to get larger after seeing everybody's responses here!!
Dyesub Dave.
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Chase
Chameleon Enthusiast
I have Shefflera and it is doing just great
Dylan Dutz
New Member
I like Hibiscus
Chase
Chameleon Enthusiast
I like Hibiscus
They are pretty but I didn't know that they could go good with a Chameleon
Dylan Dutz
New Member
They go just fine
Chase
Chameleon Enthusiast
Oh. Cool, but what if it eats one of the flowers?
Dylan Dutz
New Member
I don't know for sure but there's a lot of people that use Hibiscus so I don't think it would be a major problem if they eat one.
Chase
Chameleon Enthusiast
Cool, Hibiscus plants are pretty when they start to bloom.
GraemeShelton
New Member
from alot of what i have read there are lots of plants and especially flowers that contain neurotoxins in trace amounts. i know my dogs got sick from eating cyclomen out of our greenhouse and it gave one of my dogs kidney stones...yeah...but most seem fairly harmless. even devils ivy (pothos) contains some toxins...but they aren't really harmful. i think jasmine is supposed to be fine.
Chase
Chameleon Enthusiast
Never heard of it.
dodolah
Retired Moderator
what about orchid, really?
(i open a new thread but i got a mixed feeling toward them. some say it's poisonous and some say it's not//)
anyone actually have ever used an orchid be4?
if you have, how do you clean them from pesticides if you cannot make the flower wet?
or another one is camellia sinensis?
These things are everywhere in nursery right now..
(i open a new thread but i got a mixed feeling toward them. some say it's poisonous and some say it's not//
)anyone actually have ever used an orchid be4?
if you have, how do you clean them from pesticides if you cannot make the flower wet?
or another one is camellia sinensis?
These things are everywhere in nursery right now..
Will Hayward
New Member
I would start off with using a small plant for a small cage.
