Help!!! I am getting a plant for picassos cage!

PicassothePanther

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OK. So I'm getting a Dwarf Umbrella Plant, since I need a plant that will grow upwards. The problem is, I dont know which Dwarf Umbrella Plant to get, since there are apparently at least 20 different kinds that come up on Google Images.
Can someone please help me asap! I have an appointment at Lowes in 45 minutes to meet with the plant specialist so she can order what I need.
If you could please provide a picture of the exact plant I need, I'd greatly appreciate it.
When I googled the word Dwarf Umbrella Plant, I got the name darmera peltata - not sure if it is the actual scientific name for this

I have attached a few photos of my findings on google.. please let me know if any photos match what I should be looking for. They are all called Dwarf Umbrella Plants on Google, lol. So confusing.

Thank You!

- Mike
 

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My cage is small - he's 3 month old. So I want something that wont grow fast and tall.

Is Ficus still good? Or should I just go with pics 3 or 4?
 
Ficus grow pretty slow and they also have sturdier limbs like a tree. If it gets too tall you can trim it. :D Either one is fine in my opinion.
 
If you get a dual flourescent fixture depending on what UVB your using (im going off of a 5.0) you can get a 6500K grow light, which makes most all plants grow upward toward the light they use to grow, solving your problem. Alot of members on here have setups like that. I have a 4' light going across the top of my 3 cages and i know it took about a week for all the plants to SHOOT to the top of the cages, it actually takes more work pruning the plants in my cages than it does to keep everything clean, its rather funny
 
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