ID please? Many plants for viv

[FwoGiZ]

Here are some of the plants I bought and that I am planning on putting in my viv, if they are fine for frogs that is...

1. This one looks like a kind of umbrella plant


2. This one I have no idea...


3. Maybe violet?


4. no idea


5. this one is tiny.. looks like a soft cactus or aloes... no idea tho


6. no idea either


7. no idea


8. pretty nice for big tree frogs! no idea what type it is tho


9. the girl at the hort shop kept refering this plant/moss as "baby tears" in french..


10. this looks like a kind of fern to me


11. this is a type of ivy


12. orchids I got off special on Feb15 (hence the valentine deco)


along with these I have staghorn fern, nepenthes pitcher plant, venus fly trap, crotons, several broms and epiphytes
I also am trying to grow kyoto moss, we'll see in a few monthes if it looks good

if any of you have do's and don'ts regarding these plants, let me know! I know the carnis will need a "poor soil" so I am planning on putting them in baskets on my background. The staghorn is already a bit big... I might buy some smaller one altho people tell me it gets big real fast. I hope that most of the other plants are suitable for my vivs and that I will have success with them!
Wish me luck!

EDIT: dunno if you noticed my nepenthes on #9 and #10 pics, but the top(mouth) of the pitchers are looking bad... I put this plant in plain sunlight for 1 or 2 days until I discovered it wasn't good for them, now it is only in partial sunlight like all my other plants... any idea why it is doing so bad?

[beckdg]

you need to put those nepenthes in an aquarium or something where you can keep the humidity up with some soil and water. the pitchers themselves need water in them too in case you didn't know. also they feed with bugs from time to time but i hear overfeeding is very common so be careful of that.

[Epiphile]

It could be salt burn as well, perhaps- what are you watering with?

I see you got most of your answers over on DB- where did you get this new batch of plants?

[FwoGiZ]

well I really didn't know I had to put water in the pitchers >_>... I hope I can put it back on its feet ;( I keep it very moist and toss a dubias every now and then in there...

I got this batch at a few local hort shop and wall mart too, I saw a lot of nice plants I already had at HD, and other big floor shops.

I usually use tap water for watering my plants... should I treat it??

[beckdg]

i think r/o would be best for the pitcher and possibly the fern and fly trap.

the rest of the plants i believe are normal house plants and shouldn't need special water. then again i'm far from a botanist even in small circles.

[froggsong]

1. schleffera - gets big (can get VERY big) you'll need proper lighting to keep it bushy and time to prune it to keep it short

2. polka dot plant?

3. looks like an african violet to me

4. christmas cactus - these grow epiphytically in nature, so you might want to mount it. clean those hard water stains off of it and water it with spring water or something...

5. some type of succulent.

6. peperomia - I love these, they come in a TON of varieties. Some of them even climb, like the one I have on my desk.

7. a dracena, I think.

8. I don't recall the name of that one, though I did see the name of it at the store the other day...

9. don't know, but it's GORGEOUS!!! ::waits for FwoGiZ to turn around so she can snatch it::

10. It's a type of club moss, I think.

11. Yes, it's ivy. Make sure you aren't putting that in with herbivores. It's deadly to some herps (especially beardies).


You have hard water deposits on some of those plants. Either filter your water a bit, or use spring water or something. The hard water deposits can damage the leaves.

[Grimm]

Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of these plants would not be able to grow in the same viv...You have 3-4 plants that look as if they require low humidity, low water, and intense light...Some that require light shade and fairly low temperatures...And a few that would require high humidity.

[harrywitmore]

I agree with frogsong on most of these with a few exceptions. I will use scintific names for clarity sake.

1 Agreed
2. Agreed - Hypoestes phyllostachya
3. Agreed - Smithiana species or hybrid
4. Agreed - Schlumbergera hybrid
5. Most likely an Aloe
6. Not a Peperomia but a Crassula ovata, Jade Plant
7. Agreed
8. Alocasia hybrid
9. One of the plants known as Baby's Tears. Could be Pilea depressa. Not a Peperomia
10. Selaginella martensii I think
11.Hedera cultivar and as frogsong said deadly to herbivours. I lost 2 3 Iguanas to it.

I have to disagree that hard water spots damage the leaves. They make them look bad but seldom damage them. Hard water is bad for some plants and not others. In general epiphytes do not like water with lots of dissolved minerals so I suggest using rainwater or RO water. When you by a fertilizer get one formulated for these as many ferts have buffers in the and this may make the PH of the water either too low or too high when using rainwater otr RO water. Both are low in PH, 6.0 6.5. Most terrestrials do not mind hard water if flushed periodically with rainwater. But, you do get the spots if you allow them to rest and dry on the leaves. Mosses hate hard water.

Originally Posted by froggsong

1. schleffera - gets big (can get VERY big) you'll need proper lighting to keep it bushy and time to prune it to keep it short

2. polka dot plant?

3. looks like an african violet to me

4. christmas cactus - these grow epiphytically in nature, so you might want to mount it. clean those hard water stains off of it and water it with spring water or something...

5. some type of succulent.

6. peperomia - I love these, they come in a TON of varieties. Some of them even climb, like the one I have on my desk.

7. a dracena, I think.

8. I don't recall the name of that one, though I did see the name of it at the store the other day...

9. don't know, but it's GORGEOUS!!! ::waits for FwoGiZ to turn around so she can snatch it::

10. It's a type of club moss, I think.

11. Yes, it's ivy. Make sure you aren't putting that in with herbivores. It's deadly to some herps (especially beardies).


You have hard water deposits on some of those plants. Either filter your water a bit, or use spring water or something. The hard water deposits can damage the leaves.

[froggsong]

Maybe it wasn't the hard water spots that damaged mine then. I wonder what it was? They would get brown under the water spots, sometimes getting holes in the leaves. Maybe my water had alot of salt in it? Could that burn the leaves?

[harrywitmore]

Just water sitting on the leaves at night can cause what you describe. Some species are very susceptible to this while it has no affect on others. Cold water in particular can do this.