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Ferns Partly documented

Asplenium dregeanum

Asplenium dregeanum is a small African spleenwort that is widespread in moist forest from West Africa to South Africa and Madagascar. Most records are mid-elevation (median about 1,070 m). Treat it as a warm-temperate to tropical forest fern for a shaded, humid terrarium or cabinet.

Asplenium dregeanum
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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 on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

The records give little habitat detail. Small Asplenium of this kind in African moist forest usually grow on mossy trunks, branches and shaded rocks in the understory.

Recorded elevations are 30–4,200 m, median 1,070 m (536 records). The top value is unlikely to be a forest site.

West Tropical AfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaEast Tropical AfricaSouth Tropical AfricaSouthern AfricaMadagascarComoros

🔒 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.