Plants?

[Dan]

Hello,
As some of you know, im sure I am workin on setting up a larger cage. I have all the vines and branches set up, and I am now trying to find some good sized, bushy plants for the cage. I went to a few local stores, and I havnt seen any ficuses or umbrella plants that are big enough. I saw a few cool plants that would work well, but im not sure if they are safe. I listed them below, if you know anything about them let me know:

Azelea
Nandina
China Doll (Radermachera Sinica)

 

[dodolah]

how about Hibiscus, Jasmine, Citrus Plant, or Orchids?

http://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/ce/king/PoisPlant/SAFE-COM.htm

 

[SuperRad]

Hello,
As some of you know, im sure I am workin on setting up a larger cage. I have all the vines and branches set up, and I am now trying to find some good sized, bushy plants for the cage. I went to a few local stores, and I havnt seen any ficuses or umbrella plants that are big enough. I saw a few cool plants that would work well, but im not sure if they are safe. I listed them below, if you know anything about them let me know:

Azelea - The leaves are toxic
Nandina - Not sure about this one
China Doll (Radermachera Sinica) - This is a safe plant to use

You can go to my site keepingchameleons.com and click on the plants section. there is a list of safe and toxic plants.

 

[lonomac]

I think schefflera and Ficus are the best, at least my chams think so. But they're hard if not impossible to find in the winter time. I also use Pothos and Crottons. The pothos you can find easily all year around, but theyre better for hanging than bottom plants

 

[Jordan]

If you can find some decent sized plants you could simply elevate them on a stand or some flower pots. At least until they have time to grow larger.

 

[GraemeShelton]

parlour palms are great. like adwarf palm tree and i'm almost certain the are non toxic. ferns are ok. boston ferns give a nice jurrassic effect haha. pothos are a nice sturdy climber

enjoy
Graeme

p.s. (edit) if you want to make pothos work as more of a climber you can always stake it. they are climbers so they will grow up anything if directed. if you get a large tree-like stick you can have pothos grow up it....sorta like a tree then haha.

 

[HiroProtagonist]

I don't know if it's toxic or not, but I've had a china doll in one of my chameleon cages for months with no ill effect.