I picked up a few more plants I wanted to add to my viv, but want to make sure they are safe. Anyone know, help would be awesome.
They are generally safe but for notes, the red plant is what i think a croton. They sometimes have brittle leaves that ooze out a white sap. They can be itchy and irritating to the skin and may cause stomach cramps if ingested by a human.
Beside the croton is what i think a caladium. They are safe stem up. Unless their tuberous root is eaten then nothing to worry.
The other two plants is Schefflera arboricola and what looks like either a reed palm or a Chamaedorea elegans.
Your plants will require more than 4 hours of direct sunlight or full exposure to bright indirect light to maintain their colors and avoid leaf dropping. Except for the caladium, the other three plants are technically a tall shrub to a low tree so they are unsuitable to use in a small viv.
first pic, left is actually a syngonium sp. perfectly safe. otherwise, Neil, as usual, is spot on. the schefflera though, can be pruned to be kept small. they are a very popular bonsai plant right now. if trimmed properly, it can look like a miniature tree with a thick "barky" trunk and everything. and the palm is going to get stupid big, very fast. i had one outgrow my 125 in about 3 or 4 months. but then again, you can always trim the heck out of it when it grows too tall.
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
It seems i haven't encountered a syngonium like that yet. Most of what i've seen are the arrow-leafed types or the viney ones. Thanks for the clarification, Bill.
Just curious, how do you trim down a palm? Think i haven't seen a trimmed palm yet haha! Wouldn't it look ugly if cut the way i am thinking it to be cut?
That set of cultivars is been popular here in the states for about 2 years now. They're growing them in all kinds of colors. Designer syngonium a lol
Trimming a palm is no biggie. Just snip the stems at the base so it doesn't look completely stupid.
1.0.0 Oophaga Pumilio 'Black Jeans'
0.0.10 Phyllobates Vittatus
0.0.3 Phyllobates Terribilis 'Mint'
0.0.3 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Patricia'
0.0.5 Dendrobates Leucomelas
0.0.2 Dendrobates Tinctorius 'Powder Blue'
0.0.2 Ranitomeya Variabilis 'southern'
0.0.3 Epipedobates Anthonyi 'zarayunga'
1.2.0 Phyllobates bicolor
0.0.3 Dendrobates tinctorius 'azureus'
0.0.1 Avicularia Avicularia
0.0.1 Gramastola porteri
0.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Tabby/Maine Coon Mix
2.1.0 Genetics Experiments
0.1.0 Bed Bully
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