Asplenium acostae

A Colombian Andean spleenwort described by Murillo in 1982 and known from very few collections; the Colombian plant catalogue gives a single altitude of 1850 m. Nothing specific is published on its ecology, so these conditions are inferred from Andean cloud-forest Asplenium at that elevation.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

Recorded from the Andes of southern Colombia around 1850 m, a belt of humid lower montane forest. Whether it grows on the ground, on rocks or on trunks is not documented; most Asplenium there grow in shaded, mossy, humid places.

The Colombian catalogue records it at 1850 m; the single GBIF record carries no elevation.

Colombia

🔒 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.