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Ferns Partly documented

Asplenium gastonis

Asplenium gastonis is a fern of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and neighbouring Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, with many herbarium records. It suits growers who can give it mild, humid, shaded conditions with a cooler winter.

Asplenium gastonis
Photo: Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA, CC BY-SA 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
No rest period

Where it grows wild

Humid Atlantic Forest, on the forest floor, rocks or trunks. Spleenworts of this group grow in shaded, moist forest; the exact habit was not confirmed in the sources reached.

Recorded at 0–2200 m, median 802 m (564 records).

Argentina NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastParaguayUruguay

🔒 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.