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lele
at Sat Mar 4 09:36:22 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by lele ]
...maybe roo did, too, but I recently told you of my eBay 75 gallon tank luck! :Glad that worked out! See, you never know....
As for your plants...I am not a degreed botanist, but will a degreed horticulturist and naturalist do?  Botanists know the taxonomy, horticulturists know the plants - ongoing controversy/joke, among horts
unless the plant is ingested there is little trouble with most any plant (did you see recent thread/debate about this subject?) However, there are some that can cause a contact dermatitis IF a broken leaf or stem comes in contact with skin. But with lizard skin it is unlikely a problem and these guys are so tiny they are unlikely to snap a branch. That said, here is the general info on your plants:
>prayer plant: OK
>Hedera: I would steer clear of just to be safe(my opinion). It is the leaf that is most toxic
cat grass: only concern is sharp edge of blade can give paper-cut, but again, only if it ends up in mouth
>peace lily – they get big, even for the big tank
>Ming aralia – this is a beautiful plant, just don’t
over water as its stem will just fall off and you will have a naked plant! Like the others it has mild toxicity
>first unknown fern: Slender Brake Fern Pteris ensiformis is non-toxic
>second unknown fern: can’t tell from your photo (many ferns look very similar and it is the “cut” of the fronds that helps to place it in a genus). However, I would not worry about it. Ferns in general re relatively safe plants
>third unknown fern: this is another Pteris, not sure which. Might even be another form of Pteris ensiformis
Don’t you just love how they sell these plants as “foliage” plants (duh!) with no identifier at all? Drives me nuts! Anyway, you should be fine just keep in mind some of these can get rather large.
Have fun!
lele
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'twas I who had happy tank experience - lele, Sat Mar 4 09:36:22 2006