Plants to avoid in your vivarium

[Athen]

well thank you G i basically just figured all that out by research on the internet when i got into this hobby, high school biology, and trying to figure out how to make compost piles and when i was building my CWD tank i wanted it to be as realistic but controlled as possible. i think tonight im gonna get some earthworms and put them in my tank along with planting some grass =)

[Dyel_03]

Radermacchia sinensis (Spelling uncertain)

Please advise, if possible. I have it with some small Japalura sp.

I'm not sure about this one. It's sometimes seen as a house-plant in the UK. It bears a very superficial resemblance to Ficus benjamina until you spot that the leaves are compound. I have a feeling that it belongs in the Bigononiaceae.

I very much doubt this is the correct spelling. there's not much returned when googled. apart for

[heartagramtc]

does anyone know if wisteria vines are ok for in a terrarium? my aunt has a bunch of real nice looking vines that would look awesome in the terrarium.

[froggsong]

I don't know about toxicity issues, but it would definitely have to be a really big vive... Wisteria grows really large. I've seen vines so thick I could barely put my hands around them.

I forgot how much I missed wisteria... It's one of my favorite flowers, but it doesn't grow here, that I've seen.

[heartagramtc]

well actually its not a big part of the vine. its the "new" parts of the vine that are inter-twined i will post a pic so you can see...

[Nicte1983]

This site has an amazing list (in PDF, MSword, text and HTML) of not safe plants. For the unhorticultural person (me) confronted with a trip to the local nursery, that sometimes use Scientific, sometimes common names, this list on my laptop (so I could use the find feature in my PDF reader) saved me tons of heartbreak. Geared toward reptiles. What I really like is that it tells you why a plant made the list briefly so you can make an informed choice.

Edible and Harmful Plants

[Chu'Wuti]

Nicte1983, thank you so much for posting that link! I have a friend who needs it on another forum. And I'm going to download it to my laptop, too--when I get it fixed or get a new one!

[froggsong]

I am officially undertaking the task of redoing these two threads about toxic plants. I will take a look at the link that Nicte posted and include info from there. So, make sure you check back in a couple of days. I may just retype everything and then unstick these threads.

EDIT: Ok, so maybe not right now, lol... too much work and I don't feel well.

[Delphine]

I was wondering what would be good plants to be in a vivarium with Gargoyle Geckos.

If anyone has any suggestions they are more than welcome.

[HewesHort]

as long an the lighting requirements are met, most houseplants would work. ivy, pepperomia, dracena, plactranthus, cryptranthus, most common bromeliads, tillandsia, fittonia, pothos. there are many others that will work, just avoid things with milky sap or thorns.