Plants for CWD

froggsong · #1 (**permalink**) 06-19-2008, 03:39 AM

Does anyone have any idea what types of plants are found in the CWD's native habitat? I'm just curious, and I'd like to attempt to make as natural a habitat for my sweet guy as I can. I've been looking around online, and I couldn't find anything.

Athen · #2 (**permalink**) 06-19-2008, 11:16 AM

as far as what plants would be "native" for the CWD is a pretty tough call, as a Wiki search shows the CWD isnt actually simply a "chinese" reptile after all it is in fact quite literally an Asian reptile i my self have been trying to do the same research and i have found that the CWD comes from lowlands and highlands in India, north and south china, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Burma im gonna do a search and see what plants are indigenous to those areas and find some that are common

Athen · #3 (**permalink**) 06-19-2008, 11:43 AM

here so is a list of what i have found i didnt find anything for india but thailand has these Aglaonema, Curcuma, Dracaena, Homalomena, Impatient, Ixora and many orchid genera Vietnam: Pilea cadierei and slipper orchids Cambodia: orchids.. ( im seeing a trend there.. lol) heliconia, and the lotus flower which is a water lilly type of plant, Cambodia-Photos.com - Flowers in Cambodia Photo Index thats a good site for the native plants of cambodia and a search for burma turns up the burma reed so it looks safe to say that your best bet would be orchids which is good to know and i have found that orchids are a pretty common plant for vivariums any way the black jungle has a pretty good listing of orchids as well as alot of other nice tropical plants in there live plants section.

froggsong · #4 (**permalink**) 06-19-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Athen

as far as what plants would be "native" for the CWD is a pretty tough call, as a Wiki search shows the CWD isnt actually simply a "chinese" reptile after all it is in fact quite literally an Asian reptile.

I'm not laughing at you, but this is soooo funny... You are basically quoting the wiki... I rewrote the whole article a week or so ago! Can you see why that's funny? lmao... oh, god, my sides are hurting!

Thanks for the lists and the link, I'll check it out... I was too tired last night to keep trying to look online. I don't know why I didn't think to just look for the plants in the areas, instead of what I was doing!!!

I might attempt to add a section on native plants for the area into the wiki, but they might not like it...

Athen · #5 (**permalink**) 06-19-2008, 01:04 PM

lol well you got me i did in fact quote the wiki mostly it was more or less a paraphrase lol you rerote that? thats pretty kool and quite a small world lol
i guess it is pretty much unavoidable since when you do a search for something and it has a wiki article on it it tends to be the top return lol but ill assure you the wiki article wasnt my only source just the easiest to cite my job consists of sitting around waiting for people to check out tools so i tend to have alot of down time at work alot of research can be done in that time lol i have found that i learn quite alot at work.. like did you know that honda will be releasing a new hydrogen powered vehicle to southern cali? only availale for lease and under certain requirements but it isnt much more economical than a gas powered car and quite ironically an easilly economic car would be to use the vehicles engine as a Generator to charge batteries and having an electric motor connected straight to your drive wheels this will allow you to run your vehicle at not much more than an idle at all times but still offer all the power you could possibly need lol any way sorry to obviously tell you a bit of info you already knew on the CWD just giving my 2 cents worth lol

froggsong · #6 (**permalink**) 06-19-2008, 05:20 PM

Yup, I did write it. Go to the page and look at history, it will have entries by Froggsong... And don't you read my mind and steal my car idea! LOL... Actually you did help with the plant thing, I wasn't even thinking to look up plants with the area name I was just looking for "chinese water dragon native area plants". Needless to say, that didn't turn up much. I'm not sure when I'll actually get to start the vive for my guy though, our money doesn't seem to be coming through for some reason... Oh well, if necessary, I'll buy it a piece at a time until I have everything I need to build it. The navy doesn't pay well enough ::sigh:: Looks like I'm going to have to get a job. I just applied to petsmart, I think that would be fun. They need more people that actually care and know what they are doing. That way people can get accurate information and advice. I think I'll bug the crap out of the manager until he hires me...

taipan · #7 (**permalink**) 06-19-2008, 11:56 PM

Most creeks & rivers in ( SEA) Sth East Asia would have anything from ferns, small shrubs to large trees growing along their banks - btw Heliconias are endemic to the Americas & not SEA. Cucumas are nice & some dont grow that big. Some Vanilla ( Orchid ) species are native to SEA & if suitable you may be able to train them to grow on some driftwood. Some of terrstrial orchids are nice & not big growers but a lot are deciduous and their tubers like to be kept reasonably dry during their dormant perid. If you have a large viv. some of the evergreen Calanthe ( orchids ) might do well eg C.triplicata[/i]. Birds nest ferns (Asplenium nidus) is also found in SEA.

froggsong · #8 (**permalink**) 06-20-2008, 12:22 AM

I plan for the enclosure to be fairly large. I'd like 6'x3'x6' but I don't think I have the room for it, so it will likely end up 5'x2.5'x6'. I'd really like to have some type of tree, or shrub that I can train to grow like a tree, that will be appropriate for the enclosure. It would need to have branches sturdy enough to hold his weight, but either grow small enough naturally for the enclosure or be able to take being pruned often. Are there any SEA varieties that are suitable? If not, does anyone have any suggestion for something else that would work?

thriftyaaamom · #9 (**permalink**) 09-14-2008, 01:41 PM

Meghan, what plants did you end up using in your CWD habitat, or anyone else with CWDs?

Particularly "tree like" plants.

froggsong · #10 (**permalink**) 09-14-2008, 08:51 PM

I had to stop construction on my larger vive, because we are going to have to move at the end of Oct., but I did replant his smaller one. I have dracaena, ivy, a couple of the same type of brom (not sure what kind, but it is that very commonly seen red one), some type of light green tropical moss, baby's tears, some other small succulent, pothos and dieffenbachia (which will have to come out when he ever nibbles on anything or starts eating veggies), some small palm looking plants, and something that I find it very hard to describe and don't know the name for.

I was thinking of maybe putting something that grows more like a tree and is able to be bonsai-ed, but I still haven't decided what yet... Maybe a type of fig?