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Ferns Partly documented

Asplenium ensiforme

Asplenium ensiforme has undivided, sword-shaped fronds and ranges from the Himalaya and Sri Lanka through southern China and Indochina to Taiwan and Japan. Most records are montane, around 2,300 m. Grow it cool and humid, with a cooler, somewhat drier winter.

Asplenium ensiforme
Photo: Hannah Rogers, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes were available here. Records come from montane evergreen and mixed forest, where spleenworts of this kind grow on mossy trunks and rocks.

Recorded elevations are 550–3,505 m, median 2,300 m (104 records).

West HimalayaEast HimalayaNepalAssamBangladeshIndiaSri LankaMyanmarThailandCambodiaVietnamChina South-CentralChina SoutheastTibetTaiwanJapan

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.