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That's too bad. That plant name is completely invalid. (Not to mention
unnecessarily verbose!!!!) Its correct name is Dracaena fragrans 'Compacta'. Growing stunted in a salamander tank is hardly a plant "loving it". It should grow up into a large shrub not spread. "paghat" wrote in message news In article , "Cereus-validus....." wrote: Would not recommend any of those plants for no light and high humidity conditions. Even they will soon etiolate and die if they don't rot and stink first!!!! I've grown Dracaena deremensis 'Janet Craig Compacta' in salamander tanks for thirty years. The humidity is always 100% & the roots are always submerged & they LOVE it. I started with one plant way-back-when & have never had to buy another, as it spreads like mad in wet gravel & no drainage at all, with no actual soil, & fertilized by nothing but salamander poo (with a bacter-based filter system that cycles water through the gravel, so that the broken-down salamander poo makes great plant food). The only problem is having to cut them back every few months they do so well, & when they are about five years old the plants are so thick & woody they're difficult to trim back effectively for a small vivarium, so have to be replaced by their own clipped tips, which root with 100% reliability. -paghat the ratgirl "Hal" wrote in message ... On 8 Mar 2005 05:19:25 -0800, "ollysugar" wrote: My new home has a bathroom with no daylight at all, and I have very little experience with house plants. Can anyone recommend a plant that would survive or even thrive with just artificial light? And would I need to get a special light? HELP!, my bathroom looks really forlorn with no (other) life in it. Part of an article I clipped from a local paper about house plants that need less light. Aglaonema, Dracaena, Nephthytis, Pothos, Snake Plant, Spathiphyllum. They need some light and I hope you success in working that out. You might try alternating plants with better lighting locations as well as adding a grow light for the plant you choose. Regards, Hal -- Get your Paghat the Ratgirl T-Shirt he http://www.paghat.com/giftshop.html "History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government." -Thomas Jefferson |
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ferns are good in low light.
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