Daygeckoes like birds nest
ferns
Well the caption says it all.
Day geckoes live on
smooth surfaces in nature: leaves of Ravenala, the travelers tree and it's
nowadays much more propagated congener the banana. They would like to have the
same in captivity. Bamboostems do fullfill their wishes a bit, but then the
geckoes still like to sit on the front-glass. And as they tend to defecate while
resting, they spoil the glass very often.
One of the plant types that
will attract Phelsuma's and will convince them there are better spots to sit on
then this cold glass are large smooth leaves of Asplenium nidus-avis, the birds
nest fern. Its easy to grow in warm and humid vivaria. Almost too easy. It may
grow into a very large plant. But do not worry. The roots of this fern will act
like the roots of treefern and form something like alow stem. You could cut of
the head of the fern and transplant it to somewhere you could make use of it and
then, replace the old large leaved head by a younger plant. Anyway, Phelsuma's
love these ferns and when you'll leave the occasional dead leave in the vivarium
too, several of the non-glueing species like to lay their eggs between these as
well
You can send e-mail to Peter Mudde at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for all your
burning questions about the care and well-being of your vivarium dwellers and
plants.
 Peter Mudde is
the editor of the Dutch magazine onder het
Palmblad.
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