Water tolerant plants

[opheliaeatsbugs]

I realize this subject has probably been exhausted. I have read the posts on safe plants... I'm trying to find something that handles the amount of water Ophelia gets each day haha I realize this is a common issue for most of us.

I have a nursery near me that specializes in rainforest plants and I thought that might be a good place to check, but these exotics don't show up on the safe list

Any ideas on Tillandsia? (Air plants)
Bromeliads?

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

Succulents?

 

[joshuadh2310]

the golden pothos is one of my all time favorite plants to use lol. i have 6 of them out of the 8 or so live plants i have for my chams just because of how nice they fill out and how impossible they are to kill or over water.

 

[Furciferocious]

I have several air plants which seem to be growing reasonably well. They don't grow very fast and are mainly accents instead of "coverage". The exception being spanish moss. I am using that for coverage and it seems to be fairly happy. It doesn't grow as fast as a pothos or ivy, though. I think you would need very fast draining potting mix for a succulent to be happy. Bromeliads will work but I understand they need a lot of light. One thing to ask about is whether the plants would need distilled water or if tap water is OK.

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

I have several air plants which seem to be growing reasonably well. They don't grow very fast and are mainly accents instead of "coverage". The exception being spanish moss. I am using that for coverage and it seems to be fairly happy. It doesn't grow as fast as a pothos or ivy, though. I think you would need very fast draining potting mix for a succulent to be happy. Bromeliads will work but I understand they need a lot of light. One thing to ask about is whether the plants would need distilled water or if tap water is OK.

Thanks for the info @Furciferocious and @joshuadh2310

 

[Theveiled]

Pothos is the best with a lot of water in my opinion. I usually will trim off pieces of the mother plant and sprout them in water! I have a pieces I have never planted and its a good 3+ years just kept in water

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

That's true... I had forgotten that fact. Thx!

 

[joshuadh2310]

Thanks for the info @Furciferocious and @joshuadh2310

No problem! Make sure to post what you are doing with these plants I don't think enough people post there cages and builds once they are done and it bugs me lol

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

No problem! Make sure to post what you are doing with these plants I don't think enough people post there cages and builds once they are done and it bugs me lol

I will!

 

[Extensionofgreen]

The issue is with your soil drainage and not the amount of water. The oft touted advice of using organic soil, devoid of sufficient aggregates has undoubtedly led to many a keeper's failures with plants in their chameleon habitats.
You need to acquire or create a fast draining soil mix and cover the soil with large rocks or similar items to prevent ingestion. Succulents like the opposite of lots of water, which is why they store in their leaves. Very few appropriate plants enjoy dense, wet soil. You want 60/40 mix of aggregates like coarse charcoal or perlite to soil. The PlantIt brand of perlite is acceptable and available on Amazon, the miracle grow perlite found in box stores is typically fine and worthless as an aggregate.

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

So here are some pics for you @joshuadh2310 the first picture is the bottom after I took out the birds nest fern and the pothos to sit outside in some better lighting for a couple days. But the laying bin looked bare/empty. So I added a smallish piece of grape wood (is that a thing?) And two small tillandsia nestled on it. I bought a wood planter and put the bromeliad in the back. I bought a cool "MagNaturals" vine that uses magnets to attach to the sides of rhe viv and covered up the bare laying bin (at least from the front where there are the most prying eyes ). I'll post other pics of the whole thing including the bottom drainage solution but I'll put it in the proper forum so now you can see my vivarium jungle with the plants (real and fake). Hopefully, you can see the pics are from different views... side, top, front.

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

The issue is with your soil drainage and not the amount of water. The oft touted advice of using organic soil, devoid of sufficient aggregates has undoubtedly led to many a keeper's failures with plants in their chameleon habitats.
You need to acquire or create a fast draining soil mix and cover the soil with large rocks or similar items to prevent ingestion. Succulents like the opposite of lots of water, which is why they store in their leaves. Very few appropriate plants enjoy dense, wet soil. You want 60/40 mix of aggregates like coarse charcoal or perlite to soil. The PlantIt brand of perlite is acceptable and available on Amazon, the miracle grow perlite found in box stores is typically fine and worthless as an aggregate.

That is very helpful, thank you. Looks like I've got some repotting to do

 

[Extensionofgreen]

I hope it helps.

 

[joshuadh2310]

So here are some pics for you @joshuadh2310 the first picture is the bottom after I took out the birds nest fern and the pothos to sit outside in some better lighting for a couple days. But the laying bin looked bare/empty. So I added a smallish piece of grape wood (is that a thing?) And two small tillandsia nestled on it. I bought a wood planter and put the bromeliad in the back. I bought a cool "MagNaturals" vine that uses magnets to attach to the sides of rhe viv and covered up the bare laying bin (at least from the front where there are the most prying eyes ). I'll post other pics of the whole thing including the bottom drainage solution but I'll put it in the proper forum so now you can see my vivarium jungle with the plants (real and fake). Hopefully, you can see the pics are from different views... side, top, front.

Oooo I have seen this before I liked it! I use two magnet ledges with pot holes in them I have 2 pothos in them so I know what you mean with the magnets I love them! I am in need to start getting a permanent type lay bin setup for my girl.