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Tanks for the plug Niel
Peter Mudde
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Van: Steven Neil Groginsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Aan:
Gecko ListServ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Datum:
donderdag 18 januari 2001 21:59
Onderwerp: [Gecko]
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.
Site URL: http://www.vivaria.nl/index.html
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