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Asplenium cirrhatum

A widespread neotropical spleenwort from southern Mexico and the Antilles to Bolivia and Brazil, mostly in wet forest from lowlands to about 2000 m. Its name refers to the long, tendril-like frond tip. It wants warm, humid, shaded conditions year round.

Asplenium cirrhatum
Photo: Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Understory of wet lowland to montane forest. The Colombian checklist lists it as an herb from 100 to 2000 m in Amazonian, Andean and Pacific forest.

Records span 0–3200 m, median 1200 m (669 records). The Colombian checklist gives 100–2000 m.

Mexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeGuatemalaNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamáColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil West-CentralBrazil SoutheastBrazil South

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.