Asplenium antrophyoides

A spleenwort of south China, northern Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. Its name compares it to the simple, strap-leaved fern Antrophyum. It grows in shaded, humid, subtropical forest on rocks, and it needs warm, wet summers and a cool, 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

Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Probably grows on shaded rocks, often limestone, and mossy tree bases in moist forest, like many south Chinese spleenworts. This is inferred from the genus; no species-level habitat text was reachable.

Recorded from 75 to 1850 m, with a median of about 740 m (41 records).

ChinaVietnamLaosThailand

🔒 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.