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Ferns Partly documented

Asplenium ambohitantelense

A Malagasy spleenwort described by Rakotondrainibe in 1989 and known from three records at about 1350 m in the central highlands, around the Ambohitantely forest. Almost nothing is published on its ecology. The measured climate shows mild, humid highland forest with a cooler, drier winter.

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

Humid highland forest remnants on the central plateau of Madagascar. Its growth habit is not recorded in sources we could reach, so this is treated as a forest-floor or low-trunk fern.

All three records are from about 1350 m.

Madagascar

🔒 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.