orchids

[chameleoman]

hey i was just wondering for a while but can chameleons eat orchid flowers and is it a safe plant my chameleon rex likes to eat hibiscus but i thought he would like orchid im just wondering if its safe before i go and by one thanks

 

[chameleoman]

anyone1???

 

[Jono]

There are no poisoness orchids but it's a pretty expensive meal. One of my veiled managed to eat a few flowers off one before I caught her.

 

[MATT2504]

I would just let them have it as a treat once in a while!

 

[OrangeCrush]

I am pretty sure I saw it on one of the safe plant lists when I was doing research.ni know tikitikireptiles has a huge safe plant list I wud double check there. Also u can search google to just see if orchids r toxic. Keep in mind orchids r very hard plant to keep alive. I am not quite sure a Cham cage and all of it's unique aspects. A hibicus is pretty hard to keep alive in a cage as well and they r rather expensive. They are a very awesome plant I have a few them now.

 

[icegecko]

i went through 5 orchids in my cham's cage. they are very hard to keep alive as they have particular lighting and watering needs, not to mention fertilizing. all my orchids died. honestly, as beautiful as they are, stay away from orchids unless you already have experience with them. that's really not easy for me to say as I love orchids but...cham cages are pretty much orchid killers unless you know exactly what you are doing. orchids are safe for your cham, not for your wallet.

 

[ktravelet]

nothing for chams is safe for our wallets haha.

alright well my dubia colony saved me a decent amount of coin in the long run.

andd I provided nothing useful for this thread.

 

[icegecko]

nothing for chams is safe for our wallets haha.

ain't that the truth. however, it's good to avoid money "black holes" such as orchids that essentially do nothing for the cage. ah, another negative with orchids: if you are mounting them on coir plaques, you'll have to wrap sphagnum moss around the roots. this moss then falls EVERYWHERE and can be eaten accidentally by the cham (impaction!) and/or clog your draining system.

get air plants and bromiliads (get broms without teeth on the leaves).