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Ferns Partly documented

Adiantum lucidum

A lowland neotropical maidenhair from Panama and the Caribbean to Amazonian Brazil and Bolivia. It is recorded mainly below about 300 m in wet forest. Unlike the lacy maidenhairs, it has simply pinnate fronds of large, glossy pinnae. It needs warmth, shade and steady humidity.

Adiantum lucidum
Photo: Lowe, E. J., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

It grows in lowland wet forest. The Colombian catalogue lists it for the Caribbean plain, the Pacific lowlands and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Recorded at 0–990 m, median 100 m (295 records); the Colombian catalogue gives 0–300 m.

PanamaNorthern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas)Ecuador, Peru and BoliviaBrazilTrinidad, Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles

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✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.