hibiscus

[minola blahnik]

These are one of my favorite plants for chameleons. My male veiled loves to eat the pretty flowers, I necessarily don't. Should I just not worry about the flowers and let him munch away?

 

[getwitit]

Of course! He only eats them because he thinks they are pretty too!
I love using my hibiscus plant when i have the cam out of his cage but my cam has yet to enjoy any of the flowers before..maybe he is not a fan of pink..

 

[DGray]

broccoli, cauliflower, artichoke, to each his own...

Sure, let them eat what they want. What's the harm if you don't see any flowers before they are eaten?

Keep a steady supply of fertilizer coming and the plant will keep making flowers.

OT: It would be interesting to know if they have any taste or color preferences. this would be hard to delineate. It would take a well-designed experiment and a large number of plants in a very large environment.

Perhaps irrelevant: I find the dark red flowered hibiscus too strong in flavor. The same with hibiscus tea, to me. Yellow and orange flowers are milder in flavor, and are nice in a mixed salad.

And if you haven't tried the flowers of the related genus _Abultilon_, you should; delicious.

 

[jeff stampher]

go for it

hibiscus flowers are delicious and are totally safe go for it.

 

[minola blahnik]

Thanks for all the replies. I guess the consenses is to let him eat the flowers. The plant is for him any way. So that isa what he will contibue to do.

 

[SliK JiM]

My guy destroyed my hibiscus flowers/buds after destroying my vitis (grape vine!) So I guess a grape vine is tastier!