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Ferns Partly documented

Asplenium anisophyllum

A widespread African forest spleenwort, from Guinea and Ethiopia south to the Cape, found mostly in mid-elevation moist forest. Grow it intermediate, shaded and humid, with a mild drier season.

Asplenium anisophyllum
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 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 in the ground

Where it grows wild

Moist evergreen and montane forest across tropical and southern Africa; the microhabitat is not documented in the sources reached.

Recorded from 72 to 3250 m, median 1191 m (137 records).

West AfricaCameroonGabonDR CongoEthiopiaKenyaUgandaTanzaniaMalawiMozambiqueZimbabweSouth AfricaAngola

🔒 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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.