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Ferns Partly documented

Asplenium acuminatum

A Pacific-island spleenwort of montane wet forest, from New Guinea and the Solomons to Hawaii, the Society Islands and the Marquesas. Species-specific ecological notes were not reachable, so habit and light are inferred from the genus.

Asplenium acuminatum
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Recorded mostly from Hawaiian montane forest on Oʻahu, Maui and Kauaʻi at mid elevations. Many Pacific Asplenium of this kind grow on mossy trunks and on the forest floor in humid, shaded forest; its exact habit could not be confirmed here.

Recorded at 500–1615 m, median 1010 m (33 records).

Bismarck ArchipelagoHawaiiMarquesasNew GuineaSociety Is.Solomon Is.

🔒 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 CC BY 3.0 licence, unmodified.