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Asplenium hookerianum

Hooker's spleenwort

A small, finely cut spleenwort of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands, Tasmania and Victoria, growing on shaded clay banks, rock outcrops and stream margins. It is a cool, wet-climate fern that grows slowly but makes a good pot plant given shade, steady moisture and mild temperatures.

Asplenium hookerianum
Photo: leonperrie, 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 in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows on shaded clay banks, rocky outcrops and cliff crevices in forest and shrubland, and also in disturbed sites. In Tasmania it favours the heavily shaded margins of waterways in rainforest, and in Australia vertical rock faces with crevices.

The 22 GBIF records with an elevation span 15–720 m, median 320 m. Wikipedia gives lowland to montane in New Zealand up to 1,375 m, up to 500 m in Tasmania and up to 1,200 m in Victoria.

New Zealand: North IslandNew Zealand: South IslandChatham IslandsAustralia: TasmaniaAustralia: Victoria

🔒 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.