Asplenium affine

A widespread Old World tropical spleenwort, from the western Indian Ocean islands and East Africa through South and Southeast Asia to Melanesia and Polynesia. Most records are from humid montane forest around 1000 m.

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

Humid evergreen forest, with most records from mid-elevation forest in Réunion, Madagascar and Malesia. Its growth form was not confirmed in sources reachable here; it is treated as a shade fern of trunks and mossy rocks, as are many related tropical Asplenium.

Recorded from 5 to 2412 m, median 1050 m (225 records).

BorneoCambodiaComorosCook Is.HainanIndiaJawaLaosMadagascarMalayaMalukuMarquesasMauritiusMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippines

🔒 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.