Adiantum tibeticum

A small high-mountain maidenhair from the Himalaya and Tibet, collected between about 1,900 and 4,100 m. It lives with frozen, dry winters and a short, wet monsoon summer, so it needs a cold winter rest rather than warm terrarium conditions.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Specimens come from mountain slopes and valleys in Swat, Chitral, Kaghan, western Sichuan and southern Tibet. Like other small Himalayan maidenhairs it probably grows in shaded rock crevices and on mossy banks; habitat notes on the specimens are sparse.

Specimens run from about 1,900 m (Swat) to 3,660–4,110 m (Sichuan and Tibet).

AfghanistanChina South-CentralEast HimalayaNepalPakistanTibetWest Himalaya

🔒 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.