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Ferns Partly documented

Asplenium elmeri

Asplenium elmeri Christ (1907) is a high-mountain spleenwort of Mount Kinabalu in Borneo and the mountains of Luzon and Mindanao. Records sit at about 1,500–4,100 m, median 2,670 m. It needs cold, constantly humid cloud-forest conditions, which makes it hard to grow in a warm house.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes were available. At these elevations it would grow in upper montane mossy forest and subalpine scrub, where spleenworts usually grow on mossy trunks, rocks and banks.

Recorded elevations are 1,500–4,100 m, median 2,670 m (37 records).

BorneoPhilippines

🔒 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.