Help with plants?!

Serbianchameleon

Serbianchameleon

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So I’m planning on buying a lot of plants for my new enclosure and I was thinking about these (tell me if some of them are bad or poison in some way):
Mini lemon
Mini mandarin
Benjamin ficus
Japanese maple
Red Tip Photinia
Olive
Fern

Thank you in advance!
 
Beman said:
Yeah I can't help you exactly. I do not stray outside of the recommended and typically used plants. https://chameleonacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Chameleon-Plants-122819.pdf
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Yeah I looked into just that link but the problem is in my city there is one big store with plants they are too expensive because they are biggest and most popular here but some woman opened little shop with mini plants of lemons oranges vines and stuff like that and she has good prices.
 
Serbianchameleon said:
Yeah I looked into just that link but the problem is in my city there is one big store with plants they are too expensive because they are biggest and most popular here but some woman opened little shop with mini plants of lemons oranges vines and stuff like that and she has good prices.
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Ok let me tag
@GoodKarma19 can you look over this list of plants that the OP wants to get for his Panther, Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee ❤
Mini lemon
Mini mandarin
Benjamin ficus
Japanese maple
Red Tip Photinia
Olive
Fern
 
I've used dwarf citrus before. Lovely plants, not dangerous to my knowledge. Watch the thorns! Whenever they pricked me I had an allergic reaction, and I ended up needing to get rid of mine (Meyer's lemon). They don't like being soaked all the time, and may be unhappy if the soil sits too wet (mine started failing after 3 months due to consistently moist soil). They like a drying period, and high light. Probably not a great long term candidate.

Ficus benjamina (weeping fig) is a commonly used chameleon plant. The sap may irriate your skin, so be warned! They prefer moderate to high light, and can be a touch fussy.

I've considered Japanese maple before. Pretty plants! Non toxic, though I'm not sure how well they'd do in a chameleon enclosure long term.

Red rip photinia is an evergreen shrub commonly used for outdoor hedges. Non-toxic, but I don't know how it'd do in an enclosure. Looks like it grows pretty big, pretty fast!

Olive trees (I'm assuming olea europea?) - again, safe but doubtful it'd survive long term. They're a Mediterranean plant, and actually like it a bit on the dry side.

Ferns - that's a very broad category! But I can't think of any that are actually harmful. Boston ferns are very hardy, and provide good foliage cover. Keep an eye on your cham - I've heard stories of some veileds mowing down on the fronds and swallowing huge lengths that may cause issuses

TL;DR: like @jamest0o0 says, nothing inherently dangerous about any of those plants. But there are some very high lighting requirements for some, or enclosure incompatibilities
 
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