Adiantum pyramidale

A Caribbean maidenhair from the Greater and Lesser Antilles and Venezuela, most often recorded in Puerto Rico, Cuba and Jamaica at low to middle elevation. The region is warm all year with a drier winter. Grow it warm and bright-shaded, with less water in winter.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Specific habitat notes were not in the sources checked. Many Antillean Adiantum grow on limestone, in moist shaded ravines and on banks in seasonal forest, and the drier winter at the measured sites fits that. This is inferred.

Recorded from 2 to 1067 m, median 400 m (76 records).

CubaJamaicaPuerto RicoLeeward IslandsWindward IslandsVenezuela

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.