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So yesterday I locally picked up a panther cham that came with it's entire set up. The guy "knew what he was doing but didn't". He had a florescent light strip with a regular florescent light in it but went through the trouble of ordering a pro mist system. Anyway, he had a potted mountain laurel growing in a pot, is this a safe species to have in a cham cage? I've tried researching it but can't find anything saying yes or know so I took it our for now, but it did look quite nice. Anyway, lemme know if this is a safe plant and ill re pot and replace. Thanks!

Normally I would not worry much about plant toxicity with most plants for panther's, unless you were talking about something that was toxic to their skin, (i.e. poison ivy or poison sumac etc.) from just a quick google for mountain laurel I did find it is a close relative of rhododendrons/azaleas and has some similar toxic qualities.
While panthers, tend to not consume plant material and what anecdotal evidence I have found of them consuming plant material involves the fruit of Lantana camera (which is quite toxic.) I would tend to shy away from the mountain Laurel from what I gleaned from first glance.
You can always go with scheffleras or ficus for good stand-by's. Personally I like coffee plants as they can tolerate low light (brighter indoor light, ie sunny room) better than a lot of plants and they can handle a lot of moisture.
I have a bigger list of plants I use but I live in fl. and have different criteria than most since most of the plants used by people in colder climates will quickly outgrow my out door cages. the 3 species I listed for you are a good start how ever.