Plants

[rayzzfish]

I bought these two plants at petsmart. They say they are terrarium safe plants. I'm wondering if it would be good to put in my sulcata tortoise table. I will put up a pick thanks for the help.

 

[Michael Bird]

Did the packaging list the names of the plants when you bought them? Maybe a plant expert here can ID them for you, but they aren't clear/distinct enough for Google Lens or LeafSnap to make a decent guess.

 

[rayzzfish]

The one is a baby rubber plant, peperomia obtusifolia, the other one is a spider plant chlorophytum consume.

 

[EricW]

Thanks for the scientific names. Both are safe and can be fed freely.

 

[rayzzfish]

I was wondering since they came from petsmart if they would be safe to put them in my tortoise table. Don't want to give my tortoise any chemicals by mistake.

 

[EricW]

Hard to know the source and what they used. Even "organic" can be unsafe (arsenic is organic for example). I think the idea is that it is safe. Personally, I would un-pot, wash the pot, wash the roots and plant, then repot. Then put in the enclosure. That is my opinion.

There are plenty of critters that travel in plants and the soil, hence washing it all males sure no parasitic organisms or hosts are in there.

 

[EricW]

Males = makes.