Adiantum mcvaughii

A maidenhair of western Mexico, described in 1992 for the Flora Novo-Galiciana and known from only a handful of records, mostly on the Pacific slope of Nayarit and Jalisco, with one from Chiapas. The climate is hot with a long, almost rainless dry season, so this is a fern of shaded, moist pockets within seasonally dry forest.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Likely terrestrial in shaded ravines and stream banks of tropical deciduous or semi-deciduous forest near the coast. This is inferred from the recorded sites and climate; no habitat notes were available.

Recorded from 20 to 1079 m, median 30 m (7 records).

Mexico SoutheastMexico Southwest

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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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.