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A hibiscus relative that does better in lower light and still flower are Pavonia multiflora and Albutilons. Aclypha would be another genus of interest to consider.

Safe, possibly, but not a good fit. They require good light and prefer to not be subjected to constant misting and watering. They also have sharp thorns along the leaf edges that can cause skin tears. I’d avoid them, although they are not toxic.

Lighting aside, some plants are prone to issues when grown indoors. Hibiscus indoors are magnets to foliage mealy bugs, spider mites, and other plant pest. Strong lighting will help, but I still think they are more trouble than they are worth. If you are determined to keep a hibiscus, I would...

It does. It may be easier to do via air layering and you can google air layering or check out YouTube for videos. It’s fairly simple.

Some say it is toxic, but I would and have use it. If I had a veiled that was eating large amounts of plant material, I’d proceed with caution. It doesn’t have any more toxic potential than stomach irritation, in my opinion .

You could feed the nymphs, rather than the adult roaches and discoids are slower to breed than the other species we mentioned. I understand dubia aren’t legal in FL, not sure about orange heads.

A roach is a roach is a roach, BUT not necessarily. Each species of roach is going to convert the nutrients in the gutload into various proteins, fats, and stores of vitamins and minerals and therefore, the amount of fat, protein, and other components will vary from dubia to orange heads, to...

Yes, they do have a horse/barnyard smell. Yes, they are superior feeders to dubia, because they contain more soft tissue in relation to the harder, indigestible exoskeleton. I also have superior feeding responses from my animals that eat them. Keep them bone dry to reduce odor and make sure they...

I agree that it may be a growth of some kind, than an infection. It could also be a fungal infection, viral infection, or even a forgein body. It may be best to have the chameleon put under anesthesia and have the area cleaned out/removed/examined closely, or cultures run as needed. It doesn’t...

If he is eating normally, than he can see, which is good. If he is rubbing his eyes on branches, it is an indication that they are dry or irritated and he needs mist to be able to wet his eyeballs and roll them around again the inside of the turrets. It’s not just debris that can cause them to...

Not until next Spring/Summer at be earliest and maybe even the following one.

Lobsters don’t infest unless you have a very warm, humid location and those aren’t typical household conditions for most people. An air conditioned house in FL isn’t going to support lobster roaches. I consider investing having them reproducing and being found in multiple areas of the home. I...

Perhaps I misinterpreted the tone or “riddle me that” as being a condescending way of saying prove yourself or you must be wrong. I want yo empahisize that at the time those panthers were in my care, I was keeping parsons and breeding melleri; very advanced species, so I don’t consider the...

I didn’t say they couldn’t be used and there are also other types of bulbs that can fit into those domes and provide UVB, so it’s possible, unless you’ve seen the actual bulb, they have in them. I’ve given you the reasons why the greater majority of experienced keepers, with collectively over...

Of course you can. I’ve been growing plants as part of my hobby and as part of my animal’s enclosures, since childhood. I started growing and getting more entrenched in the organization and exhibition side of thing more recently. I have years of growing experience I’m happy to share.

Since 2009, I’ve been involved in competitive growing, judging, and writing articles for various horticultural organizations. Mostly I grow African violets and other gesneriads, but also begonias, carnivorous plants, and anything else that catches my eye, from ant plants and hoyas, to variegated...

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I’m not on as much as I used to be, because work keeps me busy. I also started collecting scorpions and other arachnids, again, so I’m splitting my time between that and my plant hobby. My yellow lips are doing great and I love to sit and watch them. So far the female displays when the male is...

I’m curious to know what your 4-600 gram parsonii eat in a day. Mine eat and are putting on weight, so I’m not worried, but I like to compare notes. Mine will eat one adult orange head or equivalent sized or larger roach, per day. Usually they will also hunt and eat up to a dozen adult crickets...

If they are cryptanthus, yes, but these do better planted in substrate, rather than mounted and will been medium strong light to maintain their colors. Happy to help.