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ColinS

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Hi. Can anybody help me. Wondering if I can feed the flower in the picture to my hermans. Thankyou
 

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I’m pretty sure that plant is called Rosa Rugosa, a type of rose with large seed pods that can be used to make rose hip tea.

Rosa rugosa (rugosa rose, beach rose, Japanese rose, or Ramanas rose) is a species of rose native to eastern Asia, in northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia, where it grows on the coast, often on sand dunes.[1] It should not be confused with Rosa multiflora, which is also known as "Japanese rose". The Latin word "rugosa" means "wrinkled."

I just happened to see some of this here in Maryland the other day. Distinctive flower type.

Heres the wiki link - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_rugosa

So id say you can esaily feed the flowers/petals, you can doublecheck on the tortoise table site. Not sure how much nutritional value in the flowers.

https://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/

Table says -
  • Common Name: Wild Rose (Dog Rose)
  • Latin Name: Rosa spp.
  • Family Name: Rosaceae
Rose leaves and flower petals are fine as a treat.
 
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daniellenc

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I’m pretty sure that plant is called Rosa Rugosa, a type of rose with large seed pods that can be used to make rose hip tea.

Rosa rugosa (rugosa rose, beach rose, Japanese rose, or Ramanas rose) is a species of rose native to eastern Asia, in northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia, where it grows on the coast, often on sand dunes.[1] It should not be confused with Rosa multiflora, which is also known as "Japanese rose". The Latin word "rugosa" means "wrinkled."

I just happened to see some of this here in Maryland the other day. Distinctive flower type.

Heres the wiki link - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_rugosa

So id say you can esaily feed the flowers/petals, you can doublecheck on the tortoise table site. Not sure how much nutritional value in the flowers.

We have these in Maryland?? Where abouts?
 

daniellenc

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I’m in Rockville not far but all I see here is rose of Sharon and wild roses in my parts. I figured it was some type of rose but didn’t know it was native here. Skurt loves roses so I’ll be on the look out thanks!
 

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May seem a really daft question but if I was to offer something toxic to the tortoise would it not know or would it just eat it.
 

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Seems like tortoises recognise non edible plants if they're in the geographical area the tortoise species comes from, but they don't recognize non edible plants in a different geographical area. I don't know if I said that right. But hopefully you know what I mean
 

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