Plants in your BP room

[Rickys_Reptiles]

Now that my BP room is almost completed, I was thinking that I'd like to add a plant. I like the look of the plant, and also because it'll generate a bit of oxygen.

Does anyone have plants in their BP rooms? Is there a better or worse plant?

I was thinking I'd add a hanging plant in the corner of the room.

Thoughts?

[Mike41793]

Baobab Tree right in the middle of the room.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

Baobab Tree right in the middle of the room.

Ha Ha, you and that tree! You recommended that I use that type of tree as flooring in my BP room. I couldn't find it as a laminate anywhere

Seriously though, is there a "good plant" to have in a room that is 85 degrees and 50% humidity 365 days a year? I don't want a plant thats going to die, be toxic, too smelly, have bugs etc...

[Pyrate81]

If you don't have any windows that allow light to come in, you want to go with plants that don't need a lot of light or natural light to survive. I have a couple snake plants in my apartment and something else which has a palm tree shape to it. For a hanging plant, I think a wandering jew is good for these environments as well. Look for various house plants that grow nice and don't need a lot of sunlight or care to thrive.

[Mike41793]

Ha Ha, you and that tree! You recommended that I use that type of tree as flooring in my BP room. I couldn't find it as a laminate anywhere

Seriously though, is there a "good plant" to have in a room that is 85 degrees and 50% humidity 365 days a year? I don't want a plant thats going to die, be toxic, too smelly, have bugs etc...

Devils Ivy, or Pothos is very hardy. You could definitely grow that in a hanging basket. Nice and green too, so its nice to look at.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

If you don't have any windows that allow light to come in, you want to go with plants that don't need a lot of light or natural light to survive. I have a couple snake plants in my apartment and something else which has a palm tree shape to it. For a hanging plant, I think a wandering jew is good for these environments as well. Look for various house plants that grow nice and don't need a lot of sunlight or care to thrive.

Tradescantia pallida - good call. I've actually read about how this is good at improving air quality. I'll need to look moreinto it's growth requirements.

Thanks!

[Rickys_Reptiles]

Devils Ivy, or Pothos is very hardy. You could definitely grow that in a hanging basket. Nice and green too, so its nice to look at.

Devils Ivy is toxic isn't it? I know my vet has told me that I can't have it around my cats.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

I'm going to try Tradescantia pallida and Epipremnum aureum and see which I prefer, and which grows best.

Thanks for the help!

[SaintTawny]

My reptile room houses my 10 ball pythons, 2 gargoyle geckos, and my boyfriend's 40-some-odd corn snakes, 6 western hognoses, and 1 kingsnake. We're slowly building up a collection of pitcher plants in the room, plus a few shoots of pothos plants. They seem to love the temperature and humidity in the room. The pitcher plants solve any bug problems and the pothos is practically unstoppable, it's currently overtaking one of the gecko enclosures and we're trying to get it to grow up a set of wire shelf cubes as well.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

My reptile room houses my 10 ball pythons, 2 gargoyle geckos, and my boyfriend's 40-some-odd corn snakes, 6 western hognoses, and 1 kingsnake. We're slowly building up a collection of pitcher plants in the room, plus a few shoots of pothos plants. They seem to love the temperature and humidity in the room. The pitcher plants solve any bug problems and the pothos is practically unstoppable, it's currently overtaking one of the gecko enclosures and we're trying to get it to grow up a set of wire shelf cubes as well.

Cool! Pitcher plants are so cool!! Can they live without bugs though? I mean. I dont really want bugs in the room, obviously. If I have no bugs, what will they "eat"?