Adiantum zollingeri

Adiantum zollingeri is a tropical Asian maidenhair fern recorded from southern India and Sri Lanka through Thailand and Indochina to Java and Sulawesi. It grows in monsoonal lowland and lower-montane forest with a marked dry season, so it wants warm, shaded, humid conditions and a slightly drier spell in the cooler months.

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

A terrestrial fern of lowland to lower-montane monsoon forest, most records being from Thailand. Like related maidenhairs it probably grows on shaded banks, rocky slopes and stream sides under the canopy.

Recorded at 90–1150 m (median 355 m, 13 records).

S-India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)Sri LankaBangladeshThailand (widespread)LaosVietnampeninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah)SulawesiJava

🔒 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.