Asplenium carnarvonense

A small spleenwort described by Brownsey in 1998 for the Flora of Australia, endemic to central Queensland. It grows on shaded, damp sandstone walls in the gorges of Carnarvon National Park and on rock outcrops by rainforest gullies at Kroombit Tops, so it needs a moist, sheltered rock microclimate within a dry, seasonal region.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Specimens are from sandstone cliff bases and rock walls beside creeks in Carnarvon Gorge (the Moss Gardens and Wards Canyon) and Moolayember Gorge, and from a rock outcrop at the edge of subtropical rainforest gullies at Kroombit Tops. These side gorges are shady, fern-filled and kept wet by seepage.

Recorded at 490–880 m: about 490–550 m in Carnarvon Gorge and about 880 m at Kroombit Tops.

Queensland

🔒 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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