Identyfying Plants

Devil_Boy · #1 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 04:47 PM

Hey there,

Im new to this live plant thing. so i finally got some plants from Home Dept or Rona cant remember. Anyways they all say Assorted Foilage so that sucks. But they were under the Tropical Plant section. All of them are doing great. The one has doubled in size, its amazing how fast they grow.

Can anyone identify any of these, im mainly concerned about the big orang one in the middle and the purple/pink on on the right side. Ive been told that a colorful plant could be poisonous, so do they look safe for dart frogs..

acpart · #2 (**permalink**) 03-31-2008, 08:36 PM

I think the grassy one on the front left is a kind of dracaena. The one on the right with spear shaped green and yellow leaves is a sansivieria. The one in the back with the oval shaped waxy leaves--I don't know what it's called but I see it in a lot of places, usually huge. That's the best I can do.

Aliza

Devil_Boy · #3 (**permalink**) 04-01-2008, 01:31 AM

Well after alot of research... i finally figured out whats all in my tank! And is there any plant that isent poisonous. See if anyone can help me

Chlorophytum amaniense - The Orange stemmed one, Apparently just like the spider plant, and not poisonous suprisingly.

Mother-In-Laws Tongue - Very low risk, poisonous.

Ti Plant - the purple one, from what i find its safe.

Dieffenbachia[/b] - Extremely poisonous; Gonna take this one out

Rubber Tree - I get mixed thoughts on this one, the waxy coating is supposedly toxic but not that bad.

Devils Ivy - Toxic again but i dont think that bad, but i may be wrong

Dracaena Marginata and Song of india - Are toxic if you eat the plant.

Let me know your thoughts on these plants. Thanks

Pavel · #4 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 07:12 PM

DB, I do hope that tank is HUGE because Chlorophytum gets big -- tall and wide. The "Mother-In-Laws Tongue" = Sanseveria will also get too tall for most terrs. The rubber tree will get way to big if it survives but in a moist terr is more likely to rot.

"Devil's Ivy" = Pothos -- pdf don't eat it so don't worry about it (though if happy it will try to take over you tank). Actually this goes for pretty much any of the "poisonous if eaten" plants. Pdfs are not herbivores

Ferns and Selaginella would likely do well for you in there.

Devil_Boy · #5 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 11:42 PM

The tank is quite big around 300gal so i should be okay for a bit!

ubstrong · #6 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008, 07:25 PM

hey db
a good start that you can get at any garden center from spring on is white rabbits foot fern. stays small, grows well in low light, not toxic, but the non toxic aspect goes for most anything because as pavel said, frogs not herbivorous. i've worked with all these plants and the dieffenbachia is the most toxic followed by the rubber tree. Iwouldn't hesitate to plant most of them, but don't eat them. rubber tree should go because it'll rot probably and if not, will get spindley and tall and be ugly. diffenbachia is a smaller variety and will probably stay small for a good while. unless you have GOOD light, plants not specific for low light will get too tall and leggy and fall over. might be interesting tho. will root along the stem maybe.

bareass · #7 (**permalink**) 05-01-2008, 01:42 AM

the mother-in-laws tounge plant may not get really tall.. there's 2 types. aka the snake tounge plant (or something like that) can also come in a " bird's nest" version. looks almost the same but grows shoter leaves and into like a ball shape. my mom has one gorwing right now that has 9 leaves. the tallest being about 6 inches. i have one in my crestie tank and its about about a foot. but shouldn't grow any taller. supposibly they like very little water i only mist mine. and it has been doing fine for about a month now